The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kayne Smith & Talia Kelleher finished 257th of 366 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:25:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:23 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 8:44Running 1 4:25v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:49v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:17v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 5:57v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:25v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:08v median +0:02
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:11v median −0:01
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 7:14v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.