The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Blacker finished 1,059th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:28:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:48.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 3:57v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:04v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 4:21v median −0:12
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 4:22v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:24v median −0:22
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:30v median −0:09
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 4:32v median −0:08
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Block 08 18:37Running 8 5:52v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.