The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Koray Vasfi finished 832nd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:35:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:48. The race faded late: the second half went 2:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 3:36v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:13v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 4:43v median −0:01
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Block 04 12:31Running 4 4:36v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 4:43v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:40v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 4:22v median −0:29
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Block 08 19:25Running 8 6:37v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.