The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brenda Pottinger finished 443rd of 462 women in the Open division at Auckland 2026, in 2:19:10.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:31. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:31, behind 91% of the field.
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 14:25Running 1 8:57v median +2:56
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Block 02 11:45Running 2 8:27v median +2:50
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Block 03 15:20Running 3 8:12v median +2:08
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Block 04 20:21Running 4 9:24v median +3:10
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Block 05 15:42Running 5 9:36v median +3:07
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Block 06 11:49Running 6 9:13v median +2:53
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Block 07 19:38Running 7 9:34v median +3:16
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Block 08 20:47Running 8 11:09v median +3:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
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.