The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Don Pham finished 1,121st of 1,122 men in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:56:05.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 25:50. The race faded late: the second half went 37:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:34 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,013 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:22 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 5:34v median +1:42
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Block 02 12:24Running 2 6:35v median +2:12
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Block 03 15:08Running 3 7:42v median +2:58
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Block 04 19:56Running 4 7:37v median +2:52
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Block 05 16:42Running 5 10:36v median +5:40
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Block 06 12:03Running 6 7:41v median +2:51
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Block 07 27:21Running 7 8:00v median +3:09
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Block 08 47:03Running 8 14:13v median +7:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:34
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.