The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lisa Matley finished 742nd of 745 women in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 3:08:00.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 20:08 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 22:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:57 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:05 faster than the average race this season, by 588 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:57Running 1 6:23v median +1:38
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Block 02 11:18Running 2 7:49v median +2:48
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Block 03 16:15Running 3 8:08v median +2:54
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Block 04 33:40Running 4 8:23v median +3:03
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Block 05 15:45Running 5 9:07v median +3:36
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Block 06 12:27Running 6 9:06v median +3:41
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Block 07 34:41Running 7 9:10v median +3:45
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Block 08 36:08Running 8 14:14v median +6:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:57
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 715
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 715 women who finished.