The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Roberts & Lucy Sward finished 624th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:24:24.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:07. The race faded late: the second half went 1:45 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 8:59Running 1 4:40v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:55v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:06v median −0:07
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 4:58v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:13v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:06v median −0:14
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:07v median −0:13
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 7:21v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.