The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Palahinjak finished 780th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:32:44.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:07 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22. Rick Palahinjak's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:38v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:27v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:24v median +0:40
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:13v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:33v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 5:28v median +0:37
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 7:32v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.