The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mechaela Shepherd & Maddi Bennett finished 1,089th of 1,256 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:40:44.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:46 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 6:11v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 6:34v median +1:21
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 6:47v median +1:22
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 6:51v median +1:22
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 7:18v median +1:39
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Block 06 10:11Running 6 8:12v median +2:33
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 7:49v median +2:09
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Block 08 15:50Running 8 11:01v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:24
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.