The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:32 at Sydney 2026 put Dean Bates 1,276th of 1,581 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:58, behind 88% of the field.
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 9:48Running 1 5:13v median +1:05
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:23v median +1:00
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 5:24v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 6:10v median +1:25
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:30v median +1:35
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 6:30v median +1:42
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Block 07 14:35Running 7 6:14v median +1:25
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Block 08 16:38Running 8 8:46v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:58
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.