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Australia / Sydney 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Morne van der Merwe

NZL M 45-49 n = 1581
Finish · net time
1:36:28
+11:00 v median 1:25:28
Course −1:22 v season average ±0:26 · 1,013 athletes
Men
1120/1581
45-49
82/116
Field beaten
29%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
27%
Runs
33%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Pull
−0:12
v median
673/1581
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+3:26
v median
1417/1581
Rank

The race, in words

Morne van der Merwe finished 1,120th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:36:28.

If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:40 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

  1. Block 01 8:47
    Running 1 4:29
    v median +0:21
    1000m SkiErg 4:18
    v median −0:09
  2. Block 02 7:33
    Running 2 4:52
    v median +0:29
    50m Sled Push 2:41
    v median +0:08
  3. Block 03 9:22
    Running 3 5:06
    v median +0:23
    50m Sled Pull 4:16
    v median −0:12
  4. Block 04 12:15
    Running 4 5:19
    v median +0:34
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 6:56
    v median +1:13
  5. Block 05 10:26
    Running 5 5:35
    v median +0:40
    1000m Row 4:51
    v median +0:06
  6. Block 06 7:28
    Running 6 5:25
    v median +0:37
    200m Farmers Carry 2:03
    v median −0:05
  7. Block 07 14:40
    Running 7 5:38
    v median +0:49
    100m Sandbag Lunges 9:02
    v median +3:26
  8. Block 08 15:46
    Running 8 8:39
    v median +1:39
    Wall Balls 7:07
    v median +0:03

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 10:19

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:04
0:01 1:03
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:06
0:10 0:56
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:26
0:20 1:06
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:51
1:06 0:45
B5 · 1000m Row
1:32
1:15 0:17
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:45
1:30 0:15
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:37
1:20 0:17
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 11:16
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 11:16 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 49
Source Unofficial
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI16BF
Measured against
Men · n = 1581