The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kieran Gildea finished 2,600th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:51:26.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:06. A harder second half: 5:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:54 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
The field ran 5:04 faster at London Excel 2025 than at London 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 4:21v median +1:10
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:16v median +1:31
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:28v median +1:29
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:34v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:53v median +1:45
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:01v median +1:58
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 6:10v median +2:05
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 8:58v median +3:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,777 men who finished.