The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jose Ortega finished 940th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:41:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:42. The race faded late: the second half went 5:04 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 7:55Running 1 3:25v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:05v median −0:18
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 4:41v median −0:03
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 4:32v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 4:43v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 4:55v median +0:04
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Block 08 22:00Running 8 10:18v median +3:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:32
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.