The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Barham finished 1,417th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:43:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:20. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 worse 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 8:44Running 1 3:36v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:25v median +0:10
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Block 03 13:10Running 3 5:18v median +0:45
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Block 04 13:03Running 4 5:35v median +1:00
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:17v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:28v median −0:11
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Block 07 13:27Running 7 4:41v median +0:01
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Block 08 20:41Running 8 7:04v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.