The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tony Liu finished 989th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:45:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:05 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 9:23Running 1 4:27v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 5:43v median +1:20
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 6:02v median +1:18
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:56v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 5:52v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:04v median +1:14
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 5:52v median +1:01
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Block 08 17:59Running 8 8:54v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:05
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.