The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shane Parmenter & Janelle Parmenter finished 497th of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:37:42.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:56. The race faded late: the second half went 9:30 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 9:37Running 1 4:50v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:09v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:10v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 5:26v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:27v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:25v median +0:10
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Block 07 16:51Running 7 5:41v median +0:24
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Block 08 16:54Running 8 7:51v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.