The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Sydney 2026, Alex Oloughlan crossed the line in 1:16:02: 290th of 1,122 men, faster than 74% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:01 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 7:08, was faster than 85% 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 8:01Running 1 3:34v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 3:56v median −0:27
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Block 03 7:58Running 3 4:00v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 3:57v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:07v median −0:49
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 3:52v median −0:58
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 4:04v median −0:47
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 5:38v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.