The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Leffers finished 996th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:46:46.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:58. The race faded late: the second half went 2:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:40 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 9:13Running 1 4:41v median +0:49
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 5:24v median +1:01
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:31v median +0:47
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 5:53v median +1:08
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:56v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 5:50v median +1:00
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Block 07 14:57Running 7 6:22v median +1:31
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Block 08 17:37Running 8 10:15v median +3:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:40
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.