The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Oliver finished 963rd of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:30:32.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:50 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:00 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 10:08Running 1 5:30v median +1:22
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:29v median +1:06
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:19v median +0:36
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:18v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:30v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:26v median +0:38
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 7:39v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.