The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brad Bell finished 1,619th of 1,917 men in the Open division at London 2025, in 1:38:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:01 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:23v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 4:46v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 5:07v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:14v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:07v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 08 20:30Running 8 7:17v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
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.