The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tim Thompson finished 813th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:34:12.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:19. A harder second half: 4:50 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 9:01Running 1 4:12v median +0:20
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:28v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:07v median +0:23
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 4:59v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:08v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 4:54v median +0:03
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Block 08 19:01Running 8 7:42v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.