The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Mason & Melissa Down finished 396th of 693 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:07. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney ran fast: the 1,108 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:18 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:58Running 1 5:28v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:25v median +0:10
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 5:23v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:34v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:44v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:33v median −0:07
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:34v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 7:28v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 671
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 671 women's teams who finished.