The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Harry Niu finished 1,557th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:28:35.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:00. The race faded late: the second half went 33:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 21:15, behind 99% of the field.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:51Running 1 5:27v median +1:19
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Block 02 9:52Running 2 6:08v median +1:45
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Block 03 12:10Running 3 5:54v median +1:11
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Block 04 14:29Running 4 6:19v median +1:34
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Block 05 14:02Running 5 8:10v median +3:15
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Block 06 14:00Running 6 10:09v median +5:21
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Block 07 26:40Running 7 16:04v median +11:15
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Block 08 25:21Running 8 17:08v median +10:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:15
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.