The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Bursill & Louise Kelly finished 594th of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:23:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 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 8:42Running 1 4:27v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 5:01v median +0:11
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 5:19v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:38v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:41v median +0:31
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:40v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:46Running 8 8:23v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.