The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:20 at Sydney 2026 put Rui Wang 486th of 745 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:05 faster than the average race this season, by 588 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 4:18v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:50v median −0:11
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:34v median +0:20
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 4:53v median −0:27
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 5:13v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:05v median −0:20
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:01v median −0:24
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 7:50v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 715
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 715 women who finished.