The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joep Klopper finished 346th of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:43.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:26. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:58 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:22v median +0:16
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:37v median +0:17
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:32v median +0:52
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:41v median +0:59
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:03v median +1:10
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:49v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 4:28v median −0:17
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 7:00v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.