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Australia / Sydney 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Joel POPPLEWELL

AUS M 45-49 n = 1122
Finish · net time
2:05:34
+39:58 v median 1:25:36
Course −1:22 v season average ±0:26 · 1,013 athletes
Men
1088/1122
45-49
86/88
Field beaten
3%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
4%
Runs
5%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:04
v median
688/1122
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+6:44
v median
1113/1122
Rank

The race, in words

Joel POPPLEWELL finished 1,088th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:05:34.

If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:44 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:51 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.

The field ran 5:38 faster at Sydney 2026 than at Perth 2025, a quicker course than most.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 9:44
    Running 1 5:14
    v median +1:22
    1000m SkiErg 4:30
    v median +0:04
  2. Block 02 10:48
    Running 2 6:30
    v median +2:07
    50m Sled Push 4:18
    v median +1:38
  3. Block 03 14:08
    Running 3 7:08
    v median +2:24
    50m Sled Pull 7:00
    v median +2:39
  4. Block 04 15:15
    Running 4 6:40
    v median +1:55
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 8:35
    v median +3:06
  5. Block 05 12:00
    Running 5 6:57
    v median +2:01
    1000m Row 5:03
    v median +0:18
  6. Block 06 8:11
    Running 6 5:58
    v median +1:08
    200m Farmers Carry 2:13
    v median +0:19
  7. Block 07 19:09
    Running 7 6:48
    v median +1:57
    100m Sandbag Lunges 12:21
    v median +6:44
  8. Block 08 22:35
    Running 8 11:50
    v median +4:48
    Wall Balls 10:45
    v median +3:45

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 13:51

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:23
0:02 1:21
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:54
0:19 1:35
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:43
0:33 1:10
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:49
1:13 0:36
B5 · 1000m Row
1:56
1:26 0:30
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
2:32
2:18 0:14
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:33
2:17 0:16
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

20:00 40:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 40:36
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 40:36 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 64
Other races by Joel POPPLEWELL
Source Unofficial
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI16C2
Measured against
Men · n = 1122