The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fergus Meredith & Sacha Van Der Net finished 372nd of 542 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:34:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:51 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 3:46 more than the average race this season, going by 311 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 6:05v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 6:03v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 6:26v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 6:29v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:59v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:43v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 6:27v median −0:01
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 7:42v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 542
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 542 mixed teams who finished.