The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:18 at Sydney 2026 put Matthew King 955th of 1,581 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:22 faster than the average race this season, by 1,013 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:01v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:18v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:36v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 4:56v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 4:43v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 4:54v median +0:05
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Block 08 16:18Running 8 6:34v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.