The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Carli Heald & Nathaniel Brew crossed the line in 1:14:42: 300th of 1,099 mixed teams, faster than 73% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 81% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:52 on the median. A harder second half: 1:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:45v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:01Running 2 4:06v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:36v median −0:37
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Block 04 7:08Running 4 4:23v median −0:50
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:48v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:18Running 6 4:31v median −0:49
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:02v median −0:18
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 6:46v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:36
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.