The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nichole Mercado & Bernard Mercado finished 451st of 1,174 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Hong Kong 2026, in 1:28:17, faster than 62% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 84% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:59. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong gave the field time back: about 1:04 faster than the average race this season, by 489 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 3:43v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:16v median −0:56
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:40v median −0:46
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:28v median −1:00
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 4:49v median −0:43
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 4:42v median −0:51
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 4:39v median −0:55
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Block 08 15:14Running 8 6:13v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:02
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1169
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,169 mixed teams who finished.