The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lowana Sampson & Nigel Brown finished 271st of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:13:58, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:19 of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:01 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:38Running 1 4:15v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:13Running 2 4:18v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 4:17v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 4:30v median −0:43
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:34v median −0:49
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:39v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 4:27v median −0:53
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Block 08 10:38Running 8 6:14v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.