The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bridget O’Brien & Sarah McDougall finished 1,005th of 1,256 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:36:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:59Running 1 5:15v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 5:30v median +0:17
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:40v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:02Running 4 5:51v median +0:22
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:12v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 6:04v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 5:56v median +0:16
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 8:18v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.