The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Anderson finished 1,389th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:51:37.
Legs and stations told different stories: 27% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:51 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 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 8:44Running 1 4:24v median +0:16
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:04v median +0:41
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 5:38v median +0:55
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Block 04 17:11Running 4 5:37v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:51v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:21v median +0:33
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Block 07 14:21Running 7 5:15v median +0:26
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Block 08 18:18Running 8 7:54v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:44
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.