The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louis Asmar finished 631st of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:37.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:55 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:03 better against the middle of the field 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 8:52Running 1 4:33v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:37v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 5:31v median +0:47
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:19v median +0:34
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:17v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 7:24v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.