The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dennis Gordon finished 814th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:34:13.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:17. A harder second half: 5:49 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 7:56Running 1 3:43v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:22v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:08v median +0:24
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 5:10v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:35v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:30v median +0:40
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 5:34v median +0:43
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 9:36v median +2:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.