The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcus Whelan finished 563rd of 696 men in the Open division at Sydney 2024, in 1:35:41.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:13. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney ran fast: the 317 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:41 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:47v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 5:07v median +0:15
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 5:27v median +0:11
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:33v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:47v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:27v median +0:09
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 5:45v median +0:27
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Block 08 14:54Running 8 7:49v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.