The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Gong finished 431st of 462 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 2:09:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:52 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:16Running 1 6:04v median +0:03
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 6:05v median +0:28
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Block 03 13:03Running 3 6:42v median +0:38
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Block 04 22:17Running 4 16:59v median +10:45
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Block 05 15:24Running 5 9:48v median +3:19
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Block 06 17:27Running 6 15:29v median +9:09
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Block 07 15:56Running 7 10:26v median +4:08
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 11:23v median +4:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.