The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Austin Cartledge & Thomas Gordon finished 409th of 598 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:17:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:37 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:10Running 1 4:27v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:40v median +0:19
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Block 03 7:07Running 3 4:51v median +0:13
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 4:50v median +0:09
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 5:15v median +0:27
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 5:12v median +0:26
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 6:15v median +1:27
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 10:20v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:20
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.