The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:35 at London Excel 2025 put Benjamin Woollan & Calum Willis 1,470th of 1,815 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:55 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:16 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 8:38Running 1 4:19v median +1:03
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:34v median +0:48
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 4:47v median +0:47
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 4:55v median +0:52
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 5:03v median +0:56
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 5:04v median +0:59
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:13v median +1:06
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:29v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:10
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.