The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Doug Thompson finished 540th of 763 men in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:40:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:05v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:50v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:34v median +0:04
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 5:33v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 5:51v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:57v median +0:24
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 7:21v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.