The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bernie Fischer finished 955th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:42:41.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:25. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:23v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:41v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 4:54v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:29v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:57v median +0:07
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Block 07 15:02Running 7 5:00v median +0:09
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Block 08 18:31Running 8 7:36v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.