The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gerad Walsh & Michael Ricketts finished 248th of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:16:46.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:02 faster than the average race this season, by 682 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 4:27v median +0:16
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:18v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:01Running 3 4:33v median −0:06
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Block 04 8:07Running 4 4:34v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:54v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:49v median +0:01
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 4:53v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 6:45v median +0:03
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.