The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Smith & Julian Wood finished 227th of 411 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:15:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 5:09 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 10:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:27Running 1 3:45v median −0:29
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 3:55v median −0:31
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 4:11v median −0:31
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Block 04 6:57Running 4 4:21v median −0:27
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Block 05 8:44Running 5 4:45v median −0:12
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 4:22v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:45Running 7 4:28v median −0:22
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Block 08 9:41Running 8 5:55v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.