The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rita Lamb & Leigh Bennett finished 339th of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:22:59.
The stations carried this race: faster than 66% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:18 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 2:11.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 4:28v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:08v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 6:03v median +0:55
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 5:30v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:42v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:53v median +0:38
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 6:15v median +0:58
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 8:29v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.