The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:22 at London Excel 2025 put Victoria Sharpley & Melissa Willson 1,573rd of 1,887 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 31% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:43 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 2:24 faster than the average race this season, by 2,311 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 4:46v median +0:43
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:34v median +0:58
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:43v median +0:59
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 5:59v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 5:58v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:56v median +1:06
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 5:59v median +1:07
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 8:31v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:15
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1887
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,887 women's teams who finished.