The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Walid Sibai finished 553rd of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:52:13.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:14. The race faded late: the second half went 5:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:34 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 9:07Running 1 4:23v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:19v median +0:59
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Block 03 12:20Running 3 5:26v median +0:46
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Block 04 14:30Running 4 5:48v median +1:06
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:13v median +1:20
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:26v median +0:39
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 5:58v median +1:13
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Block 08 21:15Running 8 8:58v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:34
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.