The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Duncan Farquharson & Rebecca Young finished 774th of 1,474 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:19:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:18 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel ran fast: the 1,634 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:45 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:21v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:07v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 4:40v median +0:14
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Block 04 8:05Running 4 4:07v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:08v median −0:25
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:15v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 4:25v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 6:25v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1473
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,473 mixed teams who finished.