The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Max Brooks finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2025, in 1:07:21 for 147th of 1,587 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:29, was faster than 92% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:48 faster than the average race this season, by 951 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:33Running 1 3:33v median −0:23
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Block 02 5:02Running 2 3:44v median −0:31
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 3:57v median −0:36
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 4:01v median −0:34
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:07v median −0:39
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Block 06 5:39Running 6 3:54v median −0:45
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Block 07 8:10Running 7 4:01v median −0:39
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 5:30v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.