The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:44 at Sydney 2025 put John Richardson 1,405th of 1,587 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:26 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Sydney ran fast: the 951 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:48 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:41v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:49v median +0:34
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 4:57v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:03v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:11v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:26v median +0:47
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Block 07 14:36Running 7 5:25v median +0:45
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Block 08 18:33Running 8 8:53v median +2:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:26
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.