The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, Richelle Aikins & Emma Bayfield crossed the line in 1:21:04: 127th of 765 women's teams, faster than 83% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 88% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 52% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:43 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:11, was faster than 94% of the field.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:07 more than the average race this season, going by 539 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:24Running 1 6:04v median −1:05
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:18v median −1:24
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:46v median −1:14
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:36v median −1:24
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:09v median −1:02
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:48v median −1:17
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 5:41v median −1:21
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 4:41v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 741
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 741 women's teams who finished.