The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Patterson & Shane Casey finished 271st of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:18:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:25. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 682 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:02 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 4:30v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 4:29v median +0:07
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Block 03 7:36Running 3 4:49v median +0:10
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:44v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:59v median +0:08
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 4:57v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 4:50v median +0:01
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 7:11v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.