The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roland Wittkamp finished 1,573rd of 1,581 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:42:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 19:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 35:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:09 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 10:54Running 1 5:17v median +1:09
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 5:49v median +1:26
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 6:16v median +1:33
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Block 04 19:05Running 4 6:24v median +1:39
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 6:45v median +1:50
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:29v median +1:41
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Block 07 26:46Running 7 6:41v median +1:52
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Block 08 46:15Running 8 19:56v median +12:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:09
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.