The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Faysal Kalal finished 526th of 696 men in the Open division at Sydney 2024, in 1:32:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:05Running 1 4:00v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 5:09v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 5:09v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:07v median −0:21
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:09v median −0:09
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 5:27v median +0:09
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Block 08 16:53Running 8 6:30v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.