The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:04 at Sydney 2026 put Matthew Carr & Mitchell Valenzuela 214th of 368 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:09. The race faded late: the second half went 1:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 682 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:02 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:19Running 1 4:07v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:09v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 4:30v median −0:19
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 4:42v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:06v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 4:47v median −0:15
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 7:11v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.