The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Gillard finished 448th of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:36:24.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:38. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 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 Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:15v median +1:09
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:20v median +1:00
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:38v median +0:58
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 5:52v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:27v median +1:34
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 6:04v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 6:03v median +1:18
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Block 08 16:10Running 8 8:27v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.