The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marie Batchelor & Michael Donegan finished 988th of 1,474 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:24:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:51. A harder second half: 2:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 3:35v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:12v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:14Running 3 4:14v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 4:19v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 4:32v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:31v median +0:00
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 4:43v median +0:11
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 6:33v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:51
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.