The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:16 at Sydney 2026 put Clinton Patterson 405th of 1,122 men in the Open division, ahead of 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:24 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 8:57Running 1 4:21v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:48v median +0:25
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 4:52v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 4:59v median +0:14
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:47v median −0:03
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 4:38v median −0:13
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 6:25v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.