The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Makhlin & Olga Mirensky finished 52nd of 100 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:26:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:53. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 3:46 more than the average race this season, going by 311 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 5:14v median −0:41
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 4:59v median −0:36
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 5:19v median −0:41
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:23v median −0:39
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:26v median −0:56
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:29v median −0:42
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 5:28v median −0:43
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 5:58v median −0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:28
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 100
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 100 mixed teams who finished.