The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Foster finished 714th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:30:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:08 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 8:18Running 1 3:54v median +0:02
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:11v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 4:28v median −0:16
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:30v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:30v median −0:26
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:28v median −0:22
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Block 07 13:54Running 7 4:41v median −0:10
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Block 08 18:49Running 8 7:27v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.