The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:35 at Sydney 2026 put Mathew Couper 387th of 623 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:12 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:40v median +0:34
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:55v median +0:35
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:03v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:08v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:24v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:20v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 5:18v median +0:33
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Block 08 17:39Running 8 9:24v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:33
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.