The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Braydan Howell finished 600th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:26:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:31 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:39 behind the median.
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 8:52Running 1 4:16v median +0:24
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:12v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 4:41v median −0:03
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 4:34v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:11Running 5 4:25v median −0:31
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 4:40v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 4:30v median −0:21
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 6:14v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
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.