The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sara Higgins took 3rd of 24 in the 45–49 age group at Brisbane 2026, in 1:24:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 53% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:09 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:32 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 3:11 faster at Brisbane 2026 than at Sydney 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:48Running 1 4:22v median −0:31
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 4:54v median −0:38
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:04v median −0:50
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 5:02v median −0:52
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:09v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:03v median −0:49
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:02v median −0:46
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 5:00v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 402
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 402 women who finished.