The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Lombardo & Portia Zuber finished 900th of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:56:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:27 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 10:31Running 1 5:29v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 6:26v median +1:36
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 6:39v median +1:37
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Block 04 12:46Running 4 6:50v median +1:45
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 7:45v median +2:31
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 8:20v median +3:10
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Block 07 15:50Running 7 8:06v median +2:52
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Block 08 18:52Running 8 12:27v median +5:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:27
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.