The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jakob Cerneka & Stephen Carter won the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026 in 50:57, first of 598 men's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:12 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:23 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:14, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:21Running 1 2:45v median −1:12
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Block 02 4:19Running 2 3:03v median −1:18
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Block 03 5:22Running 3 3:11v median −1:27
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Block 04 5:11Running 4 3:10v median −1:31
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Block 05 6:58Running 5 3:12v median −1:36
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Block 06 4:20Running 6 3:13v median −1:33
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Block 07 5:33Running 7 3:13v median −1:35
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Block 08 7:49Running 8 4:25v median −2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 588
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 588 men's teams who finished.