User blog comment:TheAmazingTurtle/What Have You Thought About The Ridonculous Race Thus Far?/@comment-26981156-20150913150944/@comment-4389268-20150913161605

The main reason was because these two are Olympic Gold Medalist and are known to be atheletic and physically fit. Zoey won 3 challenges in a row either due to Mal helping her majority of the time or somehow gain the physical abilities faster than in RPG games