The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Haochen Tai finished 320th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:17:02, faster than 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 57% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:09 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:49Running 1 3:37v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 3:58v median −0:25
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:02v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 4:06v median −0:39
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:01v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:11v median −0:39
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 4:16v median −0:35
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 6:04v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.