The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Orin Ball won the Open division at Sydney 2026 in 55:49, first of 1,122 men.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:39 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:07 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:32, was faster than 99% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Sydney 2026 and Auckland 2026 were 5:56 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:41Running 1 2:46v median −1:06
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Block 02 5:20Running 2 3:15v median −1:08
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Block 03 6:13Running 3 3:23v median −1:21
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Block 04 6:08Running 4 3:27v median −1:18
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Block 05 7:28Running 5 3:26v median −1:30
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Block 06 4:33Running 6 3:19v median −1:31
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Block 07 5:56Running 7 3:23v median −1:28
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Block 08 8:06Running 8 4:45v median −2:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1080
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,080 men who finished.