The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kent Hitchens & Malcolm Thorne finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:03:56 for 38th of 368 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:03 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 6:34, ahead of 90% 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 7:34Running 1 3:48v median −0:31
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Block 02 5:34Running 2 3:51v median −0:43
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Block 03 6:39Running 3 4:07v median −0:42
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 4:05v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:14v median −0:54
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Block 06 5:24Running 6 4:02v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:18Running 7 4:08v median −0:54
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Block 08 9:15Running 8 5:43v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.