The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louise Mcgrath finished 358th of 509 women in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:40:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:55. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 4:02v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:05v median +0:08
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 5:20v median +0:12
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 5:32v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 5:38v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:29v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 5:36v median +0:21
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Block 08 15:40Running 8 7:47v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.