The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Sonya Marshall & Michaela Svennas crossed the line in 1:16:26: 272nd of 1,256 women's teams, faster than 78% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:14 of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,108 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:12v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:36v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:45v median −0:40
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 4:52v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:51v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:48v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 4:48v median −0:52
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 6:31v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.