The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Andrews finished 758th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:31:55.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:05. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:36v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:18v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 4:50v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 4:55v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 07 14:36Running 7 4:54v median +0:03
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 6:40v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.