The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Newton finished 2,633rd of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:54:27.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:30 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:34 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 3:40v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 4:29v median +0:44
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Block 03 12:41Running 3 4:49v median +0:50
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Block 04 14:49Running 4 4:54v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:00v median +0:52
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:03v median +1:00
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Block 07 14:38Running 7 5:02v median +0:57
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 8:11v median +2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:34
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.