The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emily Williams & Lauren Whittaker finished 518th of 693 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:33:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:25 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 10:47Running 1 5:43v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:45v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:42v median +0:14
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 5:48v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:53v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:53v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 5:57v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 8:16v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
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.