The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vinod Shanmugam finished 1,547th of 1,587 men in the Open division at Sydney 2025, in 2:03:37.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:06. A harder second half: 11:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:09, behind 93% of the field.
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 10:01Running 1 4:56v median +1:00
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:47v median +1:32
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Block 03 14:35Running 3 5:57v median +1:24
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 5:55v median +1:20
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:15v median +1:29
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Block 06 10:23Running 6 6:09v median +1:30
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Block 07 19:57Running 7 6:31v median +1:51
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Block 08 21:53Running 8 12:43v median +6:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:09
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.