The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alvin Cheng & Raymond Liu finished 321st of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:25:24.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:39 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:22 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 8:19Running 1 4:08v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:41v median +0:19
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 5:18v median +0:39
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:17v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:35v median +0:47
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 5:35v median +0:46
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Block 08 14:53Running 8 6:57v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.