The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Smith finished 479th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:18:13, faster than 70% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:10Running 1 3:58v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:16v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 4:33v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 4:37v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:58v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 4:43v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 4:28v median −0:21
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 6:57v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.