The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Bending & Shamsul Aero Islam finished 1,765th of 1,815 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:38:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:04 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 9:12Running 1 4:12v median +0:56
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:56v median +1:10
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 5:36v median +1:36
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 5:52v median +1:49
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:10v median +2:03
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 6:18v median +2:13
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 6:21v median +2:14
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Block 08 15:02Running 8 8:46v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:04
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.