The race, in three figures
The race, in words
maddison brandis finished 457th of 509 women in the Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:54:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 7:28 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:05 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:19Running 1 4:11v median −0:18
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Block 02 15:13Running 2 5:20v median +0:23
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 5:46v median +0:38
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 5:46v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 5:53v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:47v median +0:29
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Block 07 12:40Running 7 5:40v median +0:25
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Block 08 19:09Running 8 8:11v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:56
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.