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Australia / Sydney 2026 / Doubles Open · Mixed / Season 9 (2026/27)

Merinda Buitendag & Armand Swanepoel — Sydney 2026

Merinda Buitendag Armand Swanepoel
Mixed 50-54 n = 1099
Finish · net time
1:38:43
+16:22 v median 1:22:21
Course −2:11 v season average ±0:29 · 884 teams
Mixed
947/1099
50-54
23/29
Field beaten
14%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
19%
Runs
10%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
−0:03
v median
490/1099
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+2:56
v median
1039/1099
Rank

The race, in words

Merinda Buitendag & Armand Swanepoel finished 947th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:38:43.

If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.

Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 9:20
    Running 1 5:08
    v median +0:22
    1000m SkiErg 4:12
    v median −0:03
  2. Block 02 7:41
    Running 2 5:29
    v median +0:30
    50m Sled Push 2:12
    v median +0:23
  3. Block 03 9:43
    Running 3 5:56
    v median +0:43
    50m Sled Pull 3:47
    v median +0:10
  4. Block 04 11:03
    Running 4 5:54
    v median +0:41
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 5:09
    v median +1:32
  5. Block 05 12:04
    Running 5 6:48
    v median +1:25
    1000m Row 5:16
    v median +0:35
  6. Block 06 8:10
    Running 6 6:14
    v median +0:54
    200m Farmers Carry 1:56
    v median +0:06
  7. Block 07 12:42
    Running 7 6:22
    v median +1:02
    100m Sandbag Lunges 6:20
    v median +2:04
  8. Block 08 17:41
    Running 8 10:05
    v median +2:36
    Wall Balls 7:36
    v median +2:56

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 10:28

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:15
0:01 1:14
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:29
0:11 1:18
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:06
0:23 0:43
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:17
0:42 0:35
B5 · 1000m Row
1:14
0:57 0:17
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:57
1:48 0:09
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:08
1:52 0:16
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 16:32
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 16:32 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Mixed at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 52
Source Official
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI16BF
Measured against
Mixed · n = 1099