The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Peter Kenneally & Laura Norris finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:07:40 for 90th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 71% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:35 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 6:53, ahead of 92% 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 7:48Running 1 3:50v median −0:56
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Block 02 5:33Running 2 4:02v median −0:57
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 4:02v median −1:11
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 4:02v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:08v median −1:15
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 4:05v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:07v median −1:13
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 5:43v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.