The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, Saoirse Houlihan & Lewis Edgeworth crossed the line in 1:18:24: 452nd of 918 mixed teams, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:58 on the median. A harder second half: 2:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:32Running 1 4:28v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:57v median +0:07
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 04 8:30Running 4 5:21v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:48v median +0:34
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:39v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:50v median +0:36
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Block 08 11:58Running 8 8:02v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.