The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Grant finished 1,099th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:29:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:38. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 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. That was 5:04 off the time at Toronto 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:01v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:25v median +0:10
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 4:36v median +0:03
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:48v median +0:13
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:52v median +0:06
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:46v median +0:07
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 4:43v median +0:03
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 6:35v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.