The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew O’Shea & Paul Davis finished 283rd of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:19:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:57Running 1 4:07v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:20v median −0:02
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:41v median +0:02
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 4:45v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:09v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:55v median +0:07
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 4:57v median +0:08
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 7:16v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:06
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.