The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Hughes & Katarina Geraghty finished 425th of 693 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:28:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:02 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:18 faster than the average race this season, by 1,108 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:47v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:21v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:41v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 5:36v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:07v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:41v median +0:01
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 5:48v median +0:07
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 8:00v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.