The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Silvia Ponce & Antonio Valdes finished 683rd of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:29. Stronger after halfway: 2:18 better against the middle of the field 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 9:38Running 1 4:54v median +0:30
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:17v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:21v median +0:19
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 5:37v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:28v median +0:14
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:23v median +0:13
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 5:20v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 7:19v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.