The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Melbourne 2025, Yolanda Shennan & Laura Karantgis crossed the line in 1:25:49: 242nd of 577 women's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 78% of the field beaten on the stations, against 47% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:41 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:05v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 5:24v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:12v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 6:58v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:58v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 7:24v median +1:16
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Block 07 8:41Running 7 4:47v median −1:21
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Block 08 10:43Running 8 6:39v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 575
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 575 women's teams who finished.