The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:45 at London Excel 2025 put Tom Sparkes & Will Sparkes 1,874th of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 10:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:00 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 2,632 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 4:01v median +0:40
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:41v median +0:52
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Block 03 7:19Running 3 4:36v median +0:36
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 4:38v median +0:35
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:59v median +0:50
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:54v median +1:48
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 6:07v median +2:00
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Block 08 16:41Running 8 11:58v median +6:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:00
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.