The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Gibson & Aida Hijazi finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2026, in 1:05:55 for 52nd of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:39 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:53 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:54, was faster than 91% 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 7:32Running 1 3:44v median −0:48
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 4:20v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:32Running 3 4:38v median −0:30
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Block 04 7:04Running 4 4:26v median −0:45
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:25v median −0:54
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 4:23v median −0:52
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Block 07 7:11Running 7 4:36v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:40Running 8 6:07v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 576
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 576 mixed teams who finished.