The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:06 at Sydney 2026 put David Nguyen 874th of 1,122 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:16 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:26 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 8:36Running 1 3:49v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:26v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 4:41v median −0:03
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 4:52v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 4:58v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:09v median +0:19
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 5:11v median +0:20
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Block 08 16:58Running 8 7:33v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:47
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.