The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hamish Strachan finished 1,098th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:35:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:54. The race faded late: the second half went 7:20 worse 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 8:01Running 1 3:36v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:03v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:54v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 5:07v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:29v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:40v median +0:52
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Block 07 13:21Running 7 5:51v median +1:02
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 8:25v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.