The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Mackenzie finished 700th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:55.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:50 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:59 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 8:23Running 1 4:07v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:32v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:49Running 3 5:06v median +0:22
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 4:50v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:11v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 5:23v median +0:32
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Block 08 17:33Running 8 6:43v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.