The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:26 at London Excel 2025 put Valentin Fily & James Birnbaum 1,999th of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:08 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:43, behind 85% of the field.
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 8:05Running 1 3:36v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:36v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:53v median +0:53
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 5:08v median +1:05
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:26v median +1:17
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:12v median +1:06
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 5:25v median +1:18
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 7:07v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:43
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.