The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Norris finished 424th of 763 men in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:32:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Auckland 2026 and Auckland 2025 were 5:43 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:17Running 1 4:48v median −0:32
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 4:43v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:03v median −0:27
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 5:00v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:11v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:18v median −0:16
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Block 07 12:56Running 7 5:11v median −0:22
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 6:06v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 760
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 760 men who finished.