The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Francis & James Watt finished 1,617th of 1,815 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:27:03.
A station race more than a running one: 27% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 5:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:04 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 8:02Running 1 3:43v median +0:27
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 4:35v median +0:49
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:18v median +1:18
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 5:21v median +1:18
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:41v median +1:34
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:34v median +1:29
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:25v median +1:18
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 8:00v median +2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:04
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.