The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rod Thomas finished 315th of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:25:47.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:01 on the median.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 4:00v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:35v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 4:55v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 5:10v median +0:28
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:08v median +0:21
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:21v median +0:36
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Block 08 15:09Running 8 8:09v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.