The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun Burgess finished 229th of 251 men in the Pro division at Auckland 2026, in 1:54:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:28. A harder second half: 9:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Auckland. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:35.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:32v median −0:11
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Block 02 11:50Running 2 4:07v median −0:19
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 4:37v median −0:19
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 4:54v median −0:06
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:08v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 4:53v median −0:03
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Block 07 20:11Running 7 5:13v median +0:09
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Block 08 18:52Running 8 6:14v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 251
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 251 men who finished.