The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Luke Brotherton & Sydney Royce at Sydney 2026: 53:16, 2nd of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:34 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:44 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:25, was faster than 99% of the field.
Sydney ran fast: the 884 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:11 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:23Running 1 2:52v median −1:32
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Block 02 4:42Running 2 3:19v median −1:31
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Block 03 5:37Running 3 3:25v median −1:37
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Block 04 5:34Running 4 3:21v median −1:44
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Block 05 7:06Running 5 3:25v median −1:49
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Block 06 4:32Running 6 3:29v median −1:41
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Block 07 5:46Running 7 3:24v median −1:50
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Block 08 8:17Running 8 4:55v median −2:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 909
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 909 mixed teams who finished.