The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil Lau finished 1,075th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:59:26.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 11:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 4:36v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:29v median +1:06
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Block 03 13:02Running 3 5:43v median +0:59
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 5:43v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:29v median +0:33
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Block 06 11:23Running 6 8:49v median +3:59
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Block 07 14:40Running 7 6:03v median +1:12
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Block 08 27:42Running 8 9:38v median +2:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:12
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.