The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Brook finished 662nd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:28:49.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:08 faster at Sydney 2026 than at Sydney 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:48Running 1 3:29v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:04v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:34v median −0:10
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 4:36v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:46v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:52v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:53Running 7 4:53v median +0:02
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Block 08 17:26Running 8 8:11v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.