The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ricky Thomas finished 627th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:28.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:35 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:02 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Ricky Thomas.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:50v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:25v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:33v median −0:11
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:49v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:52v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:56Running 7 4:44v median −0:07
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 7:01v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
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.