The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rostom Nalbandian finished 590th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:26:27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 71% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:08 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 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 7:49Running 1 3:19v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 3:51v median −0:32
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 4:39v median −0:05
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:13v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:34v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 4:28v median −0:22
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 4:16v median −0:35
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 6:47v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.