The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Grant Chen finished 1,015th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:32:37.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:54 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:23Running 1 4:42v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 4:55v median +0:32
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:12v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:21v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:25v median +0:37
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 9:03v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.