The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, James Nelson & Georgia Collins crossed the line in 1:15:53: 376th of 918 mixed teams, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 37% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:55. The race faded late: the second half went 1:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:51v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:14v median −0:36
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 4:42v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:07Running 4 4:49v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:53v median −0:21
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:36v median −0:34
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:08v median −0:06
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 6:35v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.