The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alan Flood & Keith McCarron finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2025, in 56:59 for 2nd of 411 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:58 quicker than the median and 18th of 411. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:12 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:40, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sydney gained about 1:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:39Running 1 3:04v median −1:10
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Block 02 4:51Running 2 3:26v median −1:00
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Block 03 6:12Running 3 3:39v median −1:03
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Block 04 6:12Running 4 3:33v median −1:15
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Block 05 7:35Running 5 3:35v median −1:22
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Block 06 4:53Running 6 3:31v median −1:19
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Block 07 6:16Running 7 3:35v median −1:15
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Block 08 8:47Running 8 4:36v median −2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 372
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 372 men's teams who finished.