The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ivan Popovic finished 842nd of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:26:44.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:35 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:46 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 7:57Running 1 3:37v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:15v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:52v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 4:37v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:10v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:02v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 5:01v median +0:12
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 7:38v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
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.