The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Hiro Fujita & Mondo Kagami at Sydney 2026: 1:02:24, 26th of 368 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:39 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:23, was faster than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:01Running 1 3:01v median −1:18
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Block 02 4:49Running 2 3:24v median −1:10
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 3:33v median −1:16
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Block 04 6:35Running 4 3:39v median −1:16
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Block 05 8:00Running 5 3:35v median −1:33
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Block 06 4:57Running 6 3:21v median −1:40
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Block 07 6:21Running 7 3:24v median −1:38
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 4:42v median −2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 363
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 363 men's teams who finished.