The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Bessell finished 1,123rd of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:30:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:18Running 1 4:12v median +0:16
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 4:26v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 4:46v median +0:13
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 4:43v median +0:08
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:43v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:48v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 4:49v median +0:09
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 6:35v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.