The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:38 at Sydney 2026 put Ben Vining 799th of 1,581 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 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
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:06v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:17v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 4:24v median −0:19
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 4:19v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:29v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 4:37v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:31v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 6:28v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.