The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Tan finished 1,536th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:19:37.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 10:19 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 15:14Running 1 10:08v median +6:00
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 5:37v median +1:14
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Block 03 14:38Running 3 5:58v median +1:15
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Block 04 19:48Running 4 6:23v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:19Running 5 6:19v median +1:24
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 5:48v median +1:00
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Block 07 22:24Running 7 6:29v median +1:40
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Block 08 25:18Running 8 10:37v median +3:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:19
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.