The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Arnold finished 906th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:28:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:38 on the median. A harder second half: 2:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:02Running 1 4:29v median +0:21
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:41v median +0:18
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:00v median +0:17
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:49v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:40v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:07v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 5:39v median +0:50
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Block 08 15:15Running 8 8:15v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.