The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:57 at Sydney 2025 put Joel Best 1,121st of 1,587 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:51 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:54 better 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 10:19Running 1 5:13v median +1:17
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:05v median +0:50
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 5:18v median +0:45
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 5:17v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:12v median +0:26
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 5:13v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:09v median +0:29
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 7:05v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:06
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.