The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brendan Burt finished 512th of 696 men in the Open division at Sydney 2024, in 1:30:57.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:42 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 8:43Running 1 4:02v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 5:53v median +0:37
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 5:53v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:31v median +1:03
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 6:05v median +0:47
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Block 07 12:58Running 7 6:40v median +1:22
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 7:46v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.