The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Johnston & Marc Gillespie finished 1,758th of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:23:06.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:01 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 2:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 3:27v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:22v median +0:33
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 4:17v median +0:17
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 4:16v median +0:13
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:22v median +0:13
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:22v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 4:15v median +0:08
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 5:58v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2098
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,098 men's teams who finished.