The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:05 at Auckland 2026 put Sally Purcell 305th of 462 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 5:17 more than the average race this season, going by 276 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:49Running 1 6:52v median +0:51
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 5:58v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 6:25v median +0:21
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Block 04 14:49Running 4 7:09v median +0:55
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 7:06v median +0:37
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 7:18v median +0:58
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 7:17v median +0:59
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 8:23v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.