The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Bui finished 1,509th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:10:19.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:49 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:22 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 10:44Running 1 5:17v median +1:09
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Block 02 11:05Running 2 5:47v median +1:24
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Block 03 13:50Running 3 6:49v median +2:06
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Block 04 14:25Running 4 7:04v median +2:19
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Block 05 14:09Running 5 7:49v median +2:54
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Block 06 10:56Running 6 7:15v median +2:27
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 7:06v median +2:17
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Block 08 24:41Running 8 11:48v median +4:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:22
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.