The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:35 at Sydney 2024 put Rhys Geerligs & Wayne Vella 313th of 415 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:00. A harder second half: 4:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:10 faster than the average race this season, by 218 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:51v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:43v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 4:55v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:15v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:36v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:16v median −0:13
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Block 07 11:48Running 7 5:21v median −0:09
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 6:08v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 412
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 412 men's teams who finished.