The race, in three figures
The race, in words
chris puzey finished 1,134th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:37:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:51Running 1 5:13v median +1:05
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:09v median +0:46
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:15v median +0:32
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:11v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:34v median +0:46
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Block 07 14:18Running 7 5:25v median +0:36
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Block 08 16:22Running 8 7:47v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:42
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.