The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Brisbane 2026, Ashleigh Mills & Nicole Smith crossed the line in 1:21:17: 211th of 526 women's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:38 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:30 worse 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 1:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:37v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:50v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 6:03v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 6:02v median −0:06
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:08v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:04v median −0:04
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 6:11v median +0:03
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Block 08 10:47Running 8 6:46v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 521
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 521 women's teams who finished.