The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gavin McIntosh finished 839th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:35:24.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:35. The race faded late: the second half went 1:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 3:44v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:05v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 4:38v median −0:06
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Block 04 13:53Running 4 4:49v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:10v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:03v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:32Running 7 5:11v median +0:20
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 7:28v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.