You raced as Tri Hard or Tri Home, a three-person team of Samuel Hill, Joseph Long, and Paul Cooper, in the 16-mile Teams contest at the Harbor Bay Triathlon in Harbor Bay, California, on October 24, 2026. One bib and one clock covered your whole team through the swim, the bike, and the run to the tape, and you crossed in 1:28:45, 1st of 8 teams entered.
Your swim covered 750 meters and closed out in 2:35, the shortest segment of your day. The bike leg carried your team to a cumulative 20,750 meters and took 1:08:45 on its own, bringing your total time to 1:11:20 through that checkpoint. From there the run to the finish line covered the rest of the 16-mile course and added 17:25 more, for a final time of 1:28:45. A triathlon result like this is read in elapsed time, not in a single rate: the swim, the bike, and the run are three different disciplines, and no one number describes all three legs together. That is why the honest way to read your day is checkpoint by checkpoint, in time, rather than as one average across the whole course.
| Punto de control | Acumulado | Split | Ritmo | Lugar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | 2:35 | 2:35 | 0:21 per 100m | 1 |
| Bike | 1:11:20 | 1:08:45 | 10.8 mph | 1 |
| Finish | 1:28:45 | 17:25 | 5:36 | 1 |
With three disciplines split across three people, an idea worth exploring is whether a different leg assignment among Samuel, Joseph, and Paul would change your team's total time, since a Teams entry lets you choose who swims, who bikes, and who runs. Another idea worth trying is timing your transition handoffs on their own in practice, separate from the bike and run segments they are folded into here, to see where a Teams entry's changeover time is actually spent.