The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Minchella & Ben Phillips finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:04:52 for 83rd of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:06 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:02, was faster than 89% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 2:11.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:33Running 1 3:22v median −1:02
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Block 02 5:17Running 2 3:42v median −1:08
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 4:03v median −0:59
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Block 04 6:32Running 4 3:57v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:12v median −1:02
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:15v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:05Running 7 4:05v median −1:09
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Block 08 9:17Running 8 5:36v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
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.