The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leigha Carlson finished 307th of 462 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:46:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:18 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:26Running 1 6:04v median +0:03
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 5:44v median +0:07
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Block 03 14:32Running 3 6:30v median +0:26
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Block 04 14:11Running 4 6:17v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 6:23v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:59v median −0:21
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 5:50v median −0:28
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Block 08 14:15Running 8 6:36v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.