The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:40 at Sydney 2026 put Matthew Rose 803rd of 1,581 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:44 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 8:11Running 1 3:42v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 3:54v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 4:38v median −0:05
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 4:30v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:49v median −0:06
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:30v median −0:18
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 4:36v median −0:13
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 7:03v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.