The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Ashya McCrae & Nathan Birkett at Sydney 2026: 1:04:32, 73rd of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:41 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:31, was faster than 95% 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 7:29Running 1 3:24v median −1:00
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Block 02 5:17Running 2 3:43v median −1:07
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Block 03 7:04Running 3 3:55v median −1:07
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Block 04 6:57Running 4 3:51v median −1:14
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 3:52v median −1:22
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 3:58v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:21Running 7 4:06v median −1:08
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Block 08 9:43Running 8 5:39v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.