The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco dos Santos finished 617th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:23.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:21Running 1 3:49v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:09v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 4:29v median −0:15
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 4:40v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:49v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 4:44v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 4:38v median −0:13
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Block 08 16:32Running 8 6:45v median −0:17
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.