The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:12 at Sydney 2026 put Robert Balakas 959th of 1,122 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:13Running 1 4:11v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 4:43v median +0:20
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:02v median +0:18
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Block 04 12:51Running 4 4:57v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:04v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:19v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:54Running 7 5:14v median +0:23
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Block 08 18:22Running 8 7:45v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:02
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.