The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Kelly Shipway & Matthew Shipway crossed the line in 1:16:56: 163rd of 366 mixed teams, faster than 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:36 on the median. A harder second half: 2:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:23Running 1 4:34v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:32v median −0:14
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Block 03 7:31Running 3 4:41v median −0:17
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 4:44v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:51v median −0:22
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:57v median −0:09
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 4:52v median −0:20
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 9:26v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 358
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 358 mixed teams who finished.