The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Sydney 2026, Chengrun Li crossed the line in 1:17:46: 461st of 1,581 men, faster than 71% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:47 on the median. The sled pull cost the most time: 2:03 slower than the median.
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 7:47Running 1 3:04v median −1:04
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Block 02 5:41Running 2 3:19v median −1:04
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 3:46v median −0:57
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 3:42v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:53Running 5 3:44v median −1:11
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 3:37v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 3:49v median −1:00
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 7:16v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.