The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:46 at Sydney 2025 put Sam Mcmillan 1,027th of 1,587 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 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 9:18Running 1 4:53v median +0:57
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:57v median +0:42
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:15v median +0:42
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 5:24v median +0:49
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:17v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:11v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 5:21v median +0:41
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 6:58v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.