The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:56 at Sydney 2026 put Nathan Venables & Laura Stringer 527th of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:00 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:55Running 1 4:34v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:09v median +0:19
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 5:04v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 4:59v median −0:15
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 5:03v median −0:07
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:02v median −0:12
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 7:08v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.