The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at London 2025, Dominic Darbyshire crossed the line in 1:16:10: 625th of 1,917 men, faster than 67% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 86% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:48 on the median. A harder second half: 2:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 1,383 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 4:26v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:29v median −0:01
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Block 03 7:44Running 3 4:42v median −0:07
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 4:59v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:36v median +0:38
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 6:40v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1855
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,855 men who finished.