The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Southward finished 462nd of 517 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:42:19.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:57 faster at Sydney 2025 than at Brisbane 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 4:18v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:45v median +1:33
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:17v median +1:47
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 6:09v median +1:36
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:10v median +1:28
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:45v median +2:10
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Block 07 12:51Running 7 6:49v median +2:14
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Block 08 17:34Running 8 9:35v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:49
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.