The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Barker finished 926th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:39:49.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:24. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 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 9:57Running 1 5:11v median +1:19
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:41v median +1:18
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 5:43v median +0:59
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 5:50v median +1:05
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:54v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 5:29v median +0:39
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 5:38v median +0:47
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 8:05v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:02
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.