The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Brown & Megan Heald finished 581st of 616 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:49:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 27% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:13 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 3:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,108 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 6:40v median +1:47
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 7:08v median +1:49
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 7:37v median +2:07
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Block 04 12:46Running 4 7:41v median +2:05
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 8:01v median +2:19
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 8:05v median +2:21
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 8:24v median +2:41
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Block 08 15:52Running 8 11:27v median +3:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:13
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.