The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, Heather Buist & Danielle Vandenberg crossed the line in 1:31:42: 331st of 765 women's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 48% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:13 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto ran slow: the 539 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:07 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:28Running 1 6:40v median −0:29
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 6:38v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 6:48v median −0:12
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Block 04 11:32Running 4 7:07v median +0:07
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 7:26v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 7:28v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 7:25v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 6:15v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.