The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:57 at Sydney 2026 put Thomas Mathewson-Anderson 544th of 623 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:44 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:20 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
The field ran 3:08 faster at Sydney 2026 than at Sydney 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 5:52v median +1:46
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 6:02v median +1:42
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:59v median +1:19
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Block 04 15:28Running 4 6:09v median +1:27
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 6:15v median +1:22
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:10v median +1:23
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Block 07 17:28Running 7 6:12v median +1:27
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 9:42v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:20
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.