The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, DEL SYLWESTRZAK & JOHN INNES crossed the line in 1:16:12: 352nd of 1,099 mixed teams, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:53. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse 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 7:51Running 1 3:51v median −0:55
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 4:17v median −0:42
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 5:18v median +0:05
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 4:13v median −1:00
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:18v median −0:05
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:15v median −1:05
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 4:31v median −0:49
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 6:26v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.