The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Peter Whalley & Martin Wardle finished 351st of 393 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:29:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 24% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:20. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 5:02v median +0:51
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:14v median +0:52
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:17v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 5:26v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:24v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:34v median +0:46
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 5:32v median +0:43
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 7:55v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.