The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brendan O'Brien finished 701st of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:30. A harder second half: 4:32 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 8:28Running 1 3:49v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:03v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 4:11v median −0:33
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 4:25v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 4:57v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:04v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:06v median +0:15
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 7:16v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.