The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Medina finished 803rd of 1,917 men in the Open division at London 2025, in 1:19:21, faster than 58% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 88% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:06. The race faded late: the second half went 4:05 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 gained about 1:32. Joe Medina's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:47v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:03v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:09v median −0:40
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:11v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 4:13v median −0:45
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:09v median −0:43
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 4:05v median −0:50
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 5:32v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
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.