The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Homeher Bana & Ash Mandani finished 309th of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:23:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:38Running 1 4:32v median +0:21
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:42v median +0:20
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:57v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 5:02v median +0:23
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:18v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:15v median +0:27
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 5:21v median +0:32
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 7:42v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.