The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Astell finished 877th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:24:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:39 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:05Running 1 3:35v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:04v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:31v median −0:02
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:14v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:28v median −0:18
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:12v median −0:27
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 4:17v median −0:23
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 6:24v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.