The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ciaran Hayes finished 1,018th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:27:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:04 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 8:12Running 1 3:32v median −0:24
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Block 02 5:54Running 2 3:51v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 4:35v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 4:18v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:33v median −0:13
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:02v median −0:37
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 3:58v median −0:42
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Block 08 17:35Running 8 6:08v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.