The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:18 at Sydney 2026 put Benji Samuels 1,383rd of 1,581 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:42 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:02, behind 88% 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 8:19Running 1 4:11v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:18v median +0:55
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 6:39v median +1:56
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Block 04 13:50Running 4 6:04v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:41Running 5 7:17v median +2:22
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Block 06 10:44Running 6 7:58v median +3:10
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 5:50v median +1:01
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Block 08 19:30Running 8 11:21v median +4:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:02
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.