The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Perth 2026, Helen McGuigan & Rachel Gargan crossed the line in 1:16:16: 89th of 591 women's teams, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:33 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:41, was faster than 87% of the field.
Perth gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 438 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:05v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:31v median −0:53
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:44v median −1:01
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:43v median −1:05
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:53v median −1:01
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:42v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:22v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:06Running 8 4:49v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 585
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 585 women's teams who finished.