The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Max Martindale finished 526th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:24:23, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:18 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:58Running 1 3:38v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:10v median −0:13
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 4:31v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:27v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:51v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 4:56v median +0:05
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 10:08v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.