The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Beckett finished 1,283rd of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:36:29.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:42 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. Chris Beckett's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:49v median +0:53
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:44v median +0:29
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 4:48v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 4:54v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:03v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:02v median +0:23
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 5:12v median +0:32
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 7:03v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.