The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ash Rolfe finished 771st of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:32:28.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:24 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:54 better 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 9:16Running 1 4:46v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:05v median +0:42
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:23v median +0:39
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Block 04 12:36Running 4 5:43v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:54v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:41v median +0:51
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 5:47v median +0:56
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 8:10v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.