The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alasdair Watling finished 2,615th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:52:16.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:13 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 17:13 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:06Running 1 4:41v median +1:30
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:24v median +1:39
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:52v median +1:53
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 6:05v median +2:04
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:58v median +1:50
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 6:04v median +2:01
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:43v median +1:38
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Block 08 18:06Running 8 9:08v median +3:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:13
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.