The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Boland & Gareth Visser finished 260th of 368 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:24:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:15 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:13Running 1 4:25v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:41v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:49v median +0:00
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:12v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 7:22v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:24
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.