The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Russell finished 249th of 251 men in the Pro division at Auckland 2026, in 2:18:30.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:36 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 4:35 more than the average race this season, going by 115 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:41Running 1 7:14v median +2:31
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Block 02 14:24Running 2 8:16v median +3:50
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Block 03 17:52Running 3 8:25v median +3:29
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Block 04 19:02Running 4 8:57v median +3:57
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Block 05 14:14Running 5 9:10v median +4:08
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Block 06 11:58Running 6 8:49v median +3:53
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Block 07 20:58Running 7 9:04v median +4:00
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Block 08 19:53Running 8 10:10v median +4:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.