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Australia / Sydney 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Paul Merget

USA M 45-49 n = 1581
Finish · net time
1:14:14
−11:14 v median 1:25:28
Course −1:22 v season average ±0:26 · 1,013 athletes
Men
292/1581
45-49
8/116
Field beaten
82%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
70%
Runs
84%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:54
v median
242/1581
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
−0:02
v median
764/1581
Rank

The race, in words

1:14:14 at Sydney 2026 put Paul Merget 292nd of 1,581 men in the Open division, ahead of 82% of the field.

Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:54 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:48 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 7:01, ahead of 85% 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.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 8:33
    Running 1 4:15
    v median +0:07
    v median −0:09
  2. Block 02 6:53
    Running 2 4:22
    v median −0:01
    v median −0:02
  3. Block 03 7:47
    Running 3 4:28
    v median −0:15
    v median −1:09
  4. Block 04 8:40
    Running 4 4:22
    v median −0:23
    v median −1:25
  5. Block 05 8:39
    Running 5 4:23
    v median −0:32
    1000m Row 4:16
    v median −0:29
  6. Block 06 6:18
    Running 6 4:28
    v median −0:20
    v median −0:18
  7. Block 07 9:32
    Running 7 4:21
    v median −0:28
    v median −0:25
  8. Block 08 11:01
    Running 8 5:51
    v median −1:09
    Wall Balls 5:10
    v median −1:54

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 7:01

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:00
0:01 0:59
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:57
0:08 0:49
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:50
0:17 0:33
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:50
0:33 0:17
B5 · 1000m Row
0:57
0:43 0:14
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:15
1:06 0:09
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:12
1:00 0:12
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

Against the middle of your field

Men · n = 1511

A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,511 men who finished.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 10:58
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 10:58 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 13
Source Unofficial
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI16BF
Measured against
Men · n = 1581