The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mathew Zagby finished 1,167th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:38:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:44 behind the median. 12:38 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 8:41Running 1 4:04v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 4:30v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 5:10v median +0:27
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 4:58v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 4:51v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 7:21v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:38
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.