The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maxwell Irish finished 723rd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:30:30.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:36Running 1 4:09v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:32v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:39v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:36v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 4:42v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 4:37v median −0:14
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Block 08 19:03Running 8 6:35v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.