The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:49 at Sydney 2026 put Zeke Pendergast 849th of 1,581 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:38 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:43 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 3:20v median −0:48
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 3:56v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 4:27v median −0:16
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 4:51v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:49v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:35v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 4:13v median −0:36
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Block 08 14:39Running 8 5:57v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.