The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Claudia Simpson finished 393rd of 467 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 2:12:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:19 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:15Running 1 6:10v median +0:01
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 6:17v median +0:31
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Block 03 16:16Running 3 6:57v median +0:40
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Block 04 20:29Running 4 7:18v median +0:49
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Block 05 14:09Running 5 8:06v median +1:23
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 7:53v median +1:16
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Block 07 15:42Running 7 7:48v median +1:12
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Block 08 25:54Running 8 10:48v median +2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.