The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xueli Gao finished 461st of 517 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:42:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 9:39 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:48 faster than the average race this season, by 951 athletes who raced both. Xueli Gao's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 3:49v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:37v median +0:25
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 4:53v median +0:23
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:03v median +0:30
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:06v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:03v median +0:28
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 5:12v median +0:37
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Block 08 22:49Running 8 6:55v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.