The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Groenhout finished 1,103rd of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:13:09.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:18. A harder second half: 17:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:17 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 9:11Running 1 4:34v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:59v median +0:36
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 6:02v median +1:18
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Block 04 17:37Running 4 6:21v median +1:36
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:36v median +1:40
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 6:39v median +1:49
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Block 07 22:38Running 7 6:43v median +1:52
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Block 08 29:16Running 8 13:27v median +6:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:17
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.