The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Sleeman finished 562nd of 696 men in the Open division at Sydney 2024, in 1:35:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:37 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 8:18Running 1 3:46v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:53v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:01v median −0:15
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Block 04 13:26Running 4 5:10v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:25v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:22v median +0:04
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Block 07 13:30Running 7 5:27v median +0:09
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Block 08 16:30Running 8 7:24v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.