The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Thomas Clayton at Sydney 2026: 1:04:30, 42nd of 1,581 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:23, was faster than 95% of the field.
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 7:08Running 1 3:14v median −0:54
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Block 02 5:16Running 2 3:29v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:43Running 3 3:46v median −0:57
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Block 04 7:32Running 4 3:40v median −1:05
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Block 05 7:49Running 5 3:51v median −1:04
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 3:49v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 3:49v median −1:00
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Block 08 10:43Running 8 5:29v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1511
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,511 men who finished.