The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:50 at Sydney 2026 put Christian Ruiz 905th of 1,122 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:03. A harder second half: 1:14 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 9:14Running 1 4:11v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:16v median −0:07
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:16v median +0:32
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 4:54v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:14v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 4:55v median +0:05
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Block 07 12:36Running 7 5:20v median +0:29
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Block 08 17:58Running 8 7:55v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.