The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Pickham finished 1,327th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:47:29.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:09 slower than the median. A harder second half: 15:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:21 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 9:27Running 1 4:36v median +0:28
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:39v median +0:16
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 5:00v median +0:17
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 5:11v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:00v median +1:05
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:26v median +0:38
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Block 07 15:08Running 7 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 08 24:23Running 8 14:25v median +7:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:21
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.