The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ashwin Kumar & Varun Methil finished 651st of 664 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:55:47.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:05. A harder second half: 9:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:52 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:02 faster than the average race this season, by 682 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:17v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:10v median +1:39
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 6:39v median +1:49
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 6:55v median +2:01
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Block 05 16:01Running 5 10:19v median +5:13
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 7:47v median +2:45
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Block 07 14:31Running 7 6:41v median +1:36
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Block 08 18:23Running 8 13:16v median +6:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:52
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.