The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Izak Delich finished 683rd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:13 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 3:54v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:28v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:44v median +0:00
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:09v median +0:13
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:48v median −0:02
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 08 15:43Running 8 7:34v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.