The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luca Mercuri & James Rose finished 240th of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:15:56.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:44 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:04v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:38v median +0:16
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Block 03 7:43Running 3 5:03v median +0:24
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Block 04 7:56Running 4 5:02v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:11v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:09v median +0:21
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 7:27v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 374
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 374 men's teams who finished.