The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Marchesi & Madison Cliff finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:02:00 for 26th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:07 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:29, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 2:11.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:13Running 1 3:18v median −1:28
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Block 02 5:28Running 2 3:36v median −1:23
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Block 03 6:34Running 3 3:45v median −1:28
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Block 04 6:47Running 4 3:45v median −1:28
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 3:53v median −1:30
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Block 06 5:17Running 6 3:52v median −1:28
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Block 07 7:00Running 7 3:51v median −1:29
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 5:30v median −1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1075
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,075 mixed teams who finished.