The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:22 at Auckland 2026 put Simon Watson 475th of 763 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:43 faster at Auckland 2026 than at Auckland 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:04Running 1 5:38v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 5:16v median −0:14
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 5:27v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:51v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:30v median −0:04
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 5:34v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:06Running 8 7:18v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.