The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:39 at Sydney 2024 put Noel Spencer 322nd of 696 men in the Open division, ahead of 54% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:46. A harder second half: 4:00 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 2:41.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:20v median −0:25
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:31v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:05v median −0:11
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 5:00v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:11v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:52v median −0:26
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 4:52v median −0:26
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 5:57v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 685
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 685 men who finished.