The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kelsey Mercer finished 185th of 467 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:37:20, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:52 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 5:17 more than the average race this season, going by 276 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:22Running 1 7:30v median +1:21
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:34v median +0:48
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 6:30v median +0:13
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 6:33v median +0:04
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 7:11v median +0:28
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:59v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 6:32v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 8:00v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 466
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 466 women who finished.