The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Garvey & Thomas Close finished 1,098th of 1,099 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 2:28:31.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 14:47. The race faded late: the second half went 19:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:41 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
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
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Block 01 11:26Running 1 6:30v median +1:44
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 7:07v median +2:08
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Block 03 15:33Running 3 7:51v median +2:38
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Block 04 17:02Running 4 8:40v median +3:27
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Block 05 14:16Running 5 8:18v median +2:55
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Block 06 10:43Running 6 8:16v median +2:56
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Block 07 28:28Running 7 9:25v median +4:05
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Block 08 26:44Running 8 14:08v median +6:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:41
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.