The race, in three figures
Field beaten
49%
Runs
60%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:20
v median
409/1581
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+0:29
v median
955/1581
Rank
The race, in words
John Howell finished 812th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:25:50.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:20 on the median.
The field ran 3:30 faster at Sydney 2026 than at Brisbane 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:09v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:17v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 4:31v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:21v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:41v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 4:44v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 4:22v median −0:27
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 7:54v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:03
0:02
1:01
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:23
0:10
1:13
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:24
0:26
0:58
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:25
0:40
0:45
B5 · 1000m Row
1:41
1:19
0:22
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:43
1:31
0:12
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:01
1:42
0:19
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 6
Finish · 0:38 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by John Howell
Source Unofficial
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI16BF
Measured against
Men · n = 1581