The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:01:51 at Sydney 2025 put Sam Shepherd on the age-group podium: 2nd of 77 in the 25–29 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:10 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:14 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:30, was faster than 98% of the field.
The field ran 1:47 faster at Sydney 2025 than at Perth 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:55Running 1 2:57v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 3:09v median −0:42
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 3:22v median −0:49
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Block 04 6:04Running 4 3:24v median −0:51
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Block 05 7:37Running 5 3:29v median −0:50
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Block 06 5:08Running 6 3:29v median −0:49
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Block 07 7:07Running 7 3:26v median −0:56
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 4:39v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 322
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 322 men who finished.