The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Franken finished 233rd of 454 men in the Open division at Perth 2026, in 1:29:36.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:34 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 3:32v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:19v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:01Running 3 5:57v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 5:53v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:58v median −0:02
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 5:50v median −0:01
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 5:13v median −0:05
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Block 08 13:16Running 8 4:55v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 451
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 451 men who finished.