The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Nickless & Danny Gilligan finished 301st of 411 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2025, in 1:21:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:32. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:25Running 1 4:22v median +0:08
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:35v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 4:50v median +0:08
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 4:55v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:16v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:10v median +0:20
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 7:21v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:12
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.