The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hayley Sanford finished 361st of 462 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:54:33.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:15 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Auckland ran slow: the 276 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:17 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:05Running 1 7:30v median +1:29
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Block 02 9:22Running 2 6:38v median +1:01
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Block 03 12:45Running 3 6:55v median +0:51
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Block 04 14:46Running 4 7:50v median +1:36
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 8:11v median +1:42
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Block 06 10:39Running 6 8:02v median +1:42
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Block 07 14:50Running 7 8:16v median +1:58
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 9:39v median +2:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.