The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:41 at London Excel 2025 put Lucy Mackay & Craig Gilroy 989th of 1,474 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:42Running 1 3:50v median +0:11
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:13v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 4:22v median −0:04
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:24v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:54v median +0:21
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:33v median +0:02
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:20v median +0:48
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 6:07v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:50
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.