The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maria Cuyutupa Garcia & Dan Ellard finished 933rd of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:37:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 32% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:20. A harder second half: 1:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:12Running 1 5:27v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:26v median +0:27
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 5:24v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 5:31v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:52v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:52v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 5:49v median +0:29
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 8:33v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
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.