The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lachie Sky & Caitlin Fichardt finished 541st of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:44:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:58. A harder second half: 5:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:15Running 1 4:29v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:58v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:32v median +0:24
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:26v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:59v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 6:05v median +0:50
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Block 07 15:19Running 7 6:07v median +0:50
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 9:16v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:55
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.