The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachelle Bland & Jason Hole finished 514th of 542 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 2:00:46.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:11 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 11:49Running 1 7:32v median +1:31
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Block 02 10:11Running 2 7:52v median +2:19
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Block 03 12:33Running 3 9:22v median +3:16
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 9:52v median +3:36
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Block 05 15:08Running 5 9:49v median +3:20
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Block 06 11:51Running 6 9:45v median +3:18
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Block 07 15:39Running 7 10:03v median +3:35
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Block 08 14:47Running 8 10:31v median +3:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:11
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.