The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Milly Fitzsimons & Lily Ashford crossed the line in 1:19:34: 511th of 1,599 women's teams, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 93% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:15 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 2:24.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 3:59v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:38v median +0:01
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 4:41v median −0:06
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:13v median +0:20
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 5:08v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 5:04v median +0:09
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 5:07v median +0:12
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Block 08 11:10Running 8 6:59v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:24
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1597
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,597 women's teams who finished.