The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Hemingway finished 373rd of 517 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:29:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:03 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:25Running 1 3:42v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 3:55v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 4:07v median −0:23
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 4:21v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:25v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:23v median −0:12
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:24v median −0:11
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 6:41v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.