The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Justin Raper finished 546th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:24:52, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:33 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:00 better 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 8:14Running 1 4:19v median +0:27
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:36v median +0:13
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:59v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 4:59v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:22v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:21v median +0:31
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:12v median +0:21
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 7:05v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.