The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Fagen & Ronan O Toole finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 54:02 for 6th of 598 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:50 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:14 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:28, was faster than 99% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:02 faster than the average race this season, by 682 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:37Running 1 2:50v median −1:07
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Block 02 4:29Running 2 3:11v median −1:10
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Block 03 5:55Running 3 3:15v median −1:23
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Block 04 5:30Running 4 3:15v median −1:26
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Block 05 7:29Running 5 3:17v median −1:31
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Block 06 4:26Running 6 3:15v median −1:31
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Block 07 5:58Running 7 3:16v median −1:32
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Block 08 8:16Running 8 4:33v median −2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
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.