The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Mason finished 1,560th of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:31:05.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:10. A harder second half: 12:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:54 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 10:25Running 1 5:22v median +1:14
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 8:19v median +3:56
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Block 03 14:49Running 3 7:52v median +3:09
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Block 04 22:31Running 4 8:25v median +3:40
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Block 05 14:40Running 5 8:39v median +3:44
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Block 06 10:46Running 6 8:14v median +3:26
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Block 07 24:38Running 7 8:52v median +4:03
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Block 08 28:13Running 8 16:18v median +9:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:54
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.