The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:48:10 at London Excel 2025 put Ray Parham 2,778th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 13:23. A harder second half: 27:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 24:57 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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. That was 27:42 off the time at Berlin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:21Running 1 5:44v median +2:33
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Block 02 10:56Running 2 7:28v median +3:43
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Block 03 14:17Running 3 8:28v median +4:29
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Block 04 17:44Running 4 8:59v median +4:58
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Block 05 15:16Running 5 9:18v median +5:10
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Block 06 12:11Running 6 8:23v median +4:20
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Block 07 27:49Running 7 9:20v median +5:15
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Block 08 33:47Running 8 15:56v median +10:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 24:57
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.