The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zac Herron & Ziad Syed finished 297th of 368 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:53.
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 sandbag lunges, 3:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:53Running 1 4:49v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:57v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:16v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 5:09v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:28v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:20v median +0:19
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 5:32v median +0:30
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Block 08 14:29Running 8 7:52v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.