The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melinda Noble & Gabrielle Ellis finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:14:17 for 54th of 514 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:44 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:43, was faster than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:13v median −0:49
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 4:19v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 4:35v median −0:57
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 4:41v median −0:56
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:45v median −1:03
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:38v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 4:41v median −1:06
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Block 08 10:48Running 8 6:48v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.