The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:13 at Sydney 2026 put Wendy Ballantyne & Joseph Parkinson 819th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 884 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:11 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:22v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:19v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 5:18v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 5:16v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:48v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:31v median +0:11
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Block 07 14:06Running 7 5:43v median +0:23
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 7:58v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.