The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicholas Mechtler finished 916th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:28:50.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:37 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:15 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse 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 8:33Running 1 4:07v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 4:37v median +0:14
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:02v median +0:19
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 5:09v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:31v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:25v median +0:37
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 4:55v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 7:32v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.