The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Richard Hardley at Auckland 2026: 1:10:30, 23rd of 375 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:57 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:00, was faster than 93% of the field.
That was 0:35 off the time at Oslo 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:38v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:05v median −0:48
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:12v median −1:19
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 4:32v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:06v median −0:43
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:22v median −1:18
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:29v median −1:10
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Block 08 10:59Running 8 5:10v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 373
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 373 men who finished.