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JAMES MACDONALD & Ben Howen — Sydney 2026

M 40-44 n = 393
Finish · net time
1:19:22
+7:08 v median 1:12:14
Course −3:02 v season average ±0:31 · 682 teams
Men
278/393
40-44
31/52
Field beaten
29%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
35%
Runs
32%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
−0:14
v median
47/393
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+1:46
v median
373/393
Rank

The race, in words

JAMES MACDONALD & Ben Howen finished 278th of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:19:22.

If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:46 behind the median.

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

  1. Block 01 8:25
    Running 1 4:33
    v median +0:22
    v median −0:02
  2. Block 02 6:09
    Running 2 4:51
    v median +0:29
    v median −0:14
  3. Block 03 7:39
    Running 3 5:06
    v median +0:27
    v median −0:14
  4. Block 04 9:57
    Running 4 5:08
    v median +0:29
    v median +1:46
  5. Block 05 9:55
    Running 5 5:16
    v median +0:25
    1000m Row 4:39
    v median +0:17
  6. Block 06 7:05
    Running 6 5:18
    v median +0:30
    v median +0:08
  7. Block 07 8:47
    Running 7 5:11
    v median +0:22
    v median −0:01
  8. Block 08 12:08
    Running 8 7:20
    v median +0:38
    Wall Balls 4:48
    v median +0:31

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 9:23

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:11
0:02 1:09
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:19
0:11 1:08
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:01
0:22 0:39
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:09
0:49 0:20
B5 · 1000m Row
1:21
1:04 0:17
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:44
1:37 0:07
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:38
1:23 0:15
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

5:00 5:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 7:36
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 7:36 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Men at Sydney 2026

See this race on page 27
Source Official
Event
Sydney 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI16C0
Measured against
Men · n = 393