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Paul McDonogh

AUS M 45-49 n = 623
Finish · net time
2:05:28
+39:45 v median 1:25:43
Course −1:22 v season average ±0:26 · 1,013 athletes
Men
588/623
45-49
48/54
Field beaten
6%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
2%
Runs
17%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:21
v median
510/623
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+3:09
v median
558/623
Rank

The race, in words

Paul McDonogh finished 588th of 623 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:05:28.

On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:09. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:56, behind 90% of the field.

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

  1. Block 01 11:29
    Running 1 6:44
    v median +2:38
    v median +0:21
  2. Block 02 11:10
    Running 2 7:33
    v median +3:13
    v median +0:58
  3. Block 03 14:05
    Running 3 8:15
    v median +3:35
    v median +1:18
  4. Block 04 17:40
    Running 4 8:18
    v median +3:36
    v median +3:09
  5. Block 05 14:29
    Running 5 9:10
    v median +4:17
    1000m Row 5:19
    v median +0:35
  6. Block 06 11:06
    Running 6 8:31
    v median +3:44
    v median +0:28
  7. Block 07 16:08
    Running 7 9:00
    v median +4:15
    v median +1:36
  8. Block 08 17:33
    Running 8 7:48
    v median +0:51
    Wall Balls 9:45
    v median +2:42

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 11:56

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:12
0:02 1:10
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:32
0:12 1:20
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:30
0:24 1:06
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:59
1:05 0:54
B5 · 1000m Row
1:30
1:12 0:18
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
2:00
1:43 0:17
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:09
1:47 0:22
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

20:00 40:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 40:13
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 40:13 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 64
Source Unofficial
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI16BE
Measured against
Men · n = 623