The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Will Boxshall finished 919th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:39:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:42 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:36 better 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 8:57Running 1 4:08v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:28v median +0:05
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 5:03v median +0:19
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Block 04 13:35Running 4 5:01v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:05v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 4:45v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 4:49v median −0:02
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 7:00v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.