The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tianze Wei finished 324th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:17:12, faster than 71% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:09 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:54 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 3:24v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 3:46v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:07v median −0:37
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:09v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:22v median −0:34
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 3:57v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:36Running 7 4:08v median −0:43
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 6:05v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.