The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Nicol finished 344th of 517 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:27:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney ran fast: the 951 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:48 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 3:53v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:02v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 4:14v median −0:16
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:25v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:36v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 4:24v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 4:28v median −0:07
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 6:22v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 492
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 492 men who finished.