The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Aaron Cooley & Caragh O’Donoghue crossed the line in 1:17:27: 389th of 1,099 mixed teams, faster than 65% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median.
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 8:35Running 1 4:28v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:55v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 4:54v median −0:19
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Block 04 8:02Running 4 4:57v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:59v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:56v median −0:24
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:55v median −0:25
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 9:42v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.