The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Venz Banting finished 1,091st of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:05:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:51, behind 92% of the field.
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 10:44Running 1 5:40v median +1:48
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 6:13v median +1:50
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 7:00v median +2:16
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Block 04 16:05Running 4 6:28v median +1:43
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 7:43v median +2:47
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 6:57v median +2:07
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Block 07 18:38Running 7 7:06v median +2:15
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Block 08 23:17Running 8 13:01v median +5:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:51
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.