The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stefan Naude & Pieter Schalk Marais finished 432nd of 664 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:21:14.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 3:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:20v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 5:00v median +0:29
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:15v median +0:25
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 5:17v median +0:23
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:34v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:30v median +0:28
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 5:33v median +0:28
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 7:40v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 642
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 642 men's teams who finished.