The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:24 at Sydney 2025 put Nicholas Zayat 1,350th of 1,587 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:14. A harder second half: 6:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:48. An improvement of 11:02 on Hong Kong 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 3:59v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:28v median +0:13
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 4:38v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:48v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:00v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:00v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 5:13v median +0:33
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Block 08 19:40Running 8 7:09v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.