The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellie Watts & Thomas Mackenzie-Bowie finished 57th of 100 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:28:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:33Running 1 6:08v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:35v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:57v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 5:51v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 5:55v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:49v median −0:22
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:56v median −0:15
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 6:27v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.