The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:17 at Sydney 2026 put Vinay Patel 518th of 623 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:24 behind the median. 11:58 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Vinay Patel.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:18v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:30v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:13v median +1:33
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 6:24v median +1:42
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 6:46v median +1:53
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 6:02v median +1:15
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 6:18v median +1:33
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 10:04v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:58
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.