The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Demi Mason & Jing Zhang finished 500th of 616 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:38:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:59. A harder second half: 2:05 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 3:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:32Running 1 5:27v median +0:34
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 5:38v median +0:19
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:37v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:51v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:14v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:43v median −0:01
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Block 07 13:34Running 7 6:47v median +1:04
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 9:19v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 608
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 608 women's teams who finished.