The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maia-JoAnne Royal & Mark-James Royal finished 494th of 542 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:53:00.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:36 on the median. A harder second half: 2:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Auckland ran slow: the 311 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:46 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:57Running 1 7:53v median +1:52
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Block 02 11:14Running 2 9:28v median +3:55
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Block 03 13:44Running 3 10:10v median +4:04
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 9:37v median +3:21
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Block 05 14:25Running 5 9:32v median +3:03
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Block 06 12:08Running 6 10:36v median +4:09
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Block 07 14:14Running 7 10:10v median +3:42
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Block 08 15:11Running 8 11:17v median +4:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.