The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:20:51 at London Excel 2025 put Vaz Velu 2,763rd of 2,779 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 20:23, behind 99% of the field.
The field ran 4:02 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 4:27v median +1:16
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Block 02 11:26Running 2 6:09v median +2:24
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Block 03 15:15Running 3 6:29v median +2:30
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Block 04 16:23Running 4 6:05v median +2:04
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Block 05 13:08Running 5 6:59v median +2:51
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Block 06 10:04Running 6 7:16v median +3:13
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Block 07 19:43Running 7 7:37v median +3:32
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Block 08 24:40Running 8 11:05v median +5:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:23
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.