The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karen Mahoney & Shane Parmenter finished 775th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:08. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 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 9:11Running 1 4:17v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:38v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 4:45v median −0:28
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 4:44v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 4:40v median −0:43
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 4:40v median −0:40
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 4:40v median −0:40
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 7:01v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:33
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.