The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:49 at Sydney 2026 put Nicola Roupell & Eleni Fountis 343rd of 514 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:08 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,108 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:06Running 1 5:01v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:04v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:54v median +0:22
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:31v median −0:06
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 5:50v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:08v median +0:20
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:56v median +0:09
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Block 08 13:51Running 8 8:18v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:56
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.