The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Plohl finished 216th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:09:15, faster than 86% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:29 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2024 were 3:00 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:13Running 1 3:12v median −0:44
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 3:30v median −0:45
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 3:47v median −0:46
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 3:44v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 3:51v median −0:55
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Block 06 5:53Running 6 3:46v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 3:41v median −0:59
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Block 08 9:41Running 8 4:53v median −1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.