The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:20 at Sydney 2026 put Sheldon Connolly 902nd of 1,581 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:00. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 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. Sheldon Connolly's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:43v median −0:25
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:00v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:19v median −0:24
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 4:24v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:28v median −0:27
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:14v median −0:34
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 4:15v median −0:34
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 5:59v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.