The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ayoub El Mkadem finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2025, in 1:03:55 for 55th of 1,587 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:25 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 6:18, ahead of 95% 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 7:29Running 1 3:19v median −0:37
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Block 02 5:40Running 2 3:27v median −0:48
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Block 03 7:00Running 3 3:36v median −0:57
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 3:41v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:27Running 5 3:50v median −0:56
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:38v median −1:01
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Block 07 7:18Running 7 3:36v median −1:04
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Block 08 8:41Running 8 4:49v median −1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.