The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jarrad Downey finished 587th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:26:24.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:05 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 4:11v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:39v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 5:13v median +0:29
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 5:19v median +0:34
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 6:01v median +1:11
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Block 07 10:47Running 7 6:15v median +1:24
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 8:47v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.