The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:53 at Sydney 2026 put Matthew Palmer & Paul Shaw 386th of 598 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:39 on the median. A harder second half: 2:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:21Running 1 4:29v median +0:32
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:54v median +0:33
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Block 03 7:32Running 3 5:05v median +0:27
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 5:09v median +0:28
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:12v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:22v median +0:36
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 5:25v median +0:37
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 7:26v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.