The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wally Rifle finished 1,023rd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:50:11.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:26. A harder second half: 8:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:40Running 1 4:36v median +0:44
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 5:07v median +0:44
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 5:03v median +0:19
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 5:09v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:16v median +0:26
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Block 07 19:32Running 7 5:29v median +0:38
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Block 08 18:32Running 8 9:09v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:55
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.