The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luca Muller finished 654th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:28:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:35. A harder second half: 3:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22. Luca Muller's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:15Running 1 3:44v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:09v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:23v median −0:21
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 4:19v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:32v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:27v median −0:23
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 4:22v median −0:29
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Block 08 16:04Running 8 6:34v median −0:28
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.