The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicholas Orpwood finished 244th of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:21:58, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:42 on the median. A harder second half: 1:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:22 faster than the average race this season, by 1,013 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:44v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:09v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 4:45v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 5:01v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:30v median +1:37
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 5:19v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 5:14v median +0:29
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 7:52v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 601
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 601 men who finished.