The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jack Simon finished 541st of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:19:43, faster than 66% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:23 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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
-
Block 01 7:30Running 1 3:23v median −0:45
-
Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:22v median −0:01
-
Block 03 9:04Running 3 4:59v median +0:16
-
Block 04 7:22Running 4 5:02v median +0:17
-
Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:19v median +0:24
-
Block 06 6:46Running 6 4:55v median +0:07
-
Block 07 11:11Running 7 4:55v median +0:06
-
Block 08 13:16Running 8 7:06v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.