The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Cronin & Micheal O Doherty finished in the top 10% of the field at Sydney 2025, in 1:02:42 for 32nd of 411 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:43 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 1:42 faster than the average race this season, by 688 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 3:14v median −1:00
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Block 02 5:18Running 2 3:30v median −0:56
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Block 03 7:13Running 3 3:47v median −0:55
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Block 04 6:31Running 4 3:40v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:07Running 5 3:44v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 3:50v median −1:00
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Block 07 6:47Running 7 3:50v median −1:00
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 5:09v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.