The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Gardner finished 476th of 696 men in the Open division at Sydney 2024, in 1:28:19.
The stations carried this race: faster than 53% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:09 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:41 faster than the average race this season, by 317 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:13Running 1 3:16v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:43v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 5:08v median −0:09
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:00v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:43v median +1:25
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Block 07 13:10Running 7 7:57v median +2:39
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 6:22v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.