The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Paulsen finished 1,247th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:42:53.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:12 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:10 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 11:11 better 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 13:05Running 1 8:26v median +4:18
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 4:59v median +0:36
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:46v median +1:03
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 6:03v median +1:18
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:01v median +1:06
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:46v median +0:58
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:29v median +0:40
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 7:58v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:26
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.