The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Anderson & Lauren Anderson finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:06:21 for 3rd of 514 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:01 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:22, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:35v median −1:27
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Block 02 5:00Running 2 3:42v median −1:37
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Block 03 7:12Running 3 3:52v median −1:40
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Block 04 8:21Running 4 3:55v median −1:42
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Block 05 8:58Running 5 4:06v median −1:42
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Block 06 5:27Running 6 4:03v median −1:45
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 3:58v median −1:49
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Block 08 9:27Running 8 4:51v median −3:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 509
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 509 women's teams who finished.