The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Gaal & Oscar Sanchez Marti finished 1,404th of 1,815 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:19:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 2:20 faster than the average race this season, by 2,632 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 2:37v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:52Running 2 3:05v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 3:24v median −0:36
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 3:21v median −0:42
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Block 05 8:06Running 5 3:33v median −0:34
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 3:37v median −0:28
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 3:36v median −0:31
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Block 08 13:31Running 8 5:09v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1813
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,813 men's teams who finished.