The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julini Halim-Balk & Ruth Parsell finished 493rd of 693 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:32:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:57Running 1 5:12v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:27v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:36v median +0:08
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:36v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:52v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:49v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:48Running 7 5:58v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 8:12v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:43
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.