The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arash Zargar Balayejam finished 1,121st of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:36:30.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:52. The race faded late: the second half went 1:28 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 8:51Running 1 4:28v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:41v median +1:18
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:37v median +0:54
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 5:36v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:11v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:56v median +1:08
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 5:46v median +0:57
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Block 08 16:16Running 8 8:20v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:04
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.