The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pelenatino Fakatika & Jessica Lemaitre finished 506th of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:38:49.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:56 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 10:05Running 1 5:43v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:18v median +1:21
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 6:24v median +1:16
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 6:40v median +1:29
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:04v median +1:45
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:46v median +1:31
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 7:12v median +1:55
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Block 08 15:12Running 8 10:07v median +2:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:56
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.