The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Oakley finished 898th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:38:21.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:41. A harder second half: 6:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:57 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 8:14Running 1 4:06v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:23v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 4:51v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 4:55v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:57v median +1:01
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:10v median +0:20
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:06v median +0:15
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Block 08 19:59Running 8 8:18v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:57
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.