The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elisse Baitz finished 285th of 509 women in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:33:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:48 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 2:05. An improvement of 0:15 on Singapore 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 4:26v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:58v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 4:54v median −0:14
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Block 04 12:30Running 4 5:00v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:22v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 5:00v median −0:18
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:01v median −0:14
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 7:01v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 496
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 496 women who finished.