The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2025, Samuel Tester & ShunYao Zhang crossed the line in 1:06:04: 225th of 1,020 men's teams, faster than 78% of the field.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:34 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:31Running 1 3:32v median −0:35
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 3:48v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:39Running 3 4:01v median −0:38
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Block 04 6:50Running 4 3:54v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:43Running 5 4:04v median −0:49
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 3:57v median −0:49
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Block 07 7:34Running 7 4:00v median −0:49
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Block 08 9:39Running 8 5:19v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 991
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 991 men's teams who finished.