The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gene Thomas took 2nd of 119 in the 45–49 age group at Sydney 2025, in 1:02:24.
The wall balls were the standout, 1:47 quicker than the median and 179th of 1,587. Stronger after halfway: 3:25 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:58, was faster than 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:48.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:05Running 1 2:57v median −0:59
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Block 02 5:37Running 2 3:21v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 3:29v median −1:04
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 3:27v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:40Running 5 3:31v median −1:15
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Block 06 5:16Running 6 3:33v median −1:06
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Block 07 7:14Running 7 3:32v median −1:08
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Block 08 9:09Running 8 4:39v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1510
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,510 men who finished.