The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:31 at Brisbane 2026 put Shannon Gadsby & Abby Blanke 143rd of 522 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 0:30 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Brisbane gained about 1:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 4:55v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:18v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 5:24v median −0:41
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 5:25v median −0:43
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:21v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:20v median −0:49
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 5:09v median −1:01
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 5:18v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 519
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 519 women's teams who finished.