The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Arcus finished 128th of 462 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:29:44, faster than 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:27 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:56.
This was a slow day in Auckland. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:17.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:48Running 1 4:51v median −1:10
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:40v median −0:57
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 5:04v median −1:00
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 4:59v median −1:15
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 5:18v median −1:11
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:19v median −1:01
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:20v median −0:58
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 6:02v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 458
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 458 women who finished.