The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Lara Thomson & Frankie Allsop crossed the line in 1:14:48: 226th of 1,256 women's teams, faster than 82% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 62% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:34v median −0:25
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Block 02 5:50Running 2 4:32v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:32v median −0:53
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 4:36v median −0:53
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:44v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:50v median −0:49
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Block 07 8:34Running 7 4:47v median −0:53
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 6:26v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1220
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,220 women's teams who finished.