The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:43 at Sydney 2026 put Tom Riley 312th of 623 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:23 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:22 faster than the average race this season, by 1,013 athletes who raced both. Tom Riley's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 3:54v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 3:49v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 4:31v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 4:17v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:14v median −0:33
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 4:10v median −0:35
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Block 08 14:03Running 8 6:14v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 601
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 601 men who finished.