The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Hadjiyiannis finished 1,098th of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:11:30.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 16:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:07, behind 96% of the field.
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 10:46Running 1 6:04v median +2:12
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 6:43v median +2:20
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 7:07v median +2:23
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 6:51v median +2:06
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Block 05 13:03Running 5 7:46v median +2:50
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Block 06 10:47Running 6 7:57v median +3:07
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Block 07 20:44Running 7 9:40v median +4:49
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Block 08 25:49Running 8 14:51v median +7:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:07
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.