The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Sydney 2026, Joseph Francis crossed the line in 1:20:46: 593rd of 1,581 men, faster than 63% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:49 on 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 8:28Running 1 4:02v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:19v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:42v median −0:01
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Block 04 8:44Running 4 4:50v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:18v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 4:46v median −0:02
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:39v median −0:10
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Block 08 13:57Running 8 6:56v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.