The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brendan Doherty & Michelle Gerbing finished 969th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:40:39.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:31. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:41 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 10:34Running 1 5:58v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 6:06v median +1:07
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 6:15v median +1:02
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 6:25v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:36v median +1:13
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:48v median +1:28
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 6:40v median +1:20
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Block 08 14:15Running 8 9:39v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:41
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.