The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yichao Liang & Sarah Buchanan finished 62nd of 100 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:30:38.
A harder second half: 2:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:57Running 1 5:42v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:38v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:58v median −0:02
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 6:35v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:32v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 6:59v median +0:48
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 7:05v median +0:54
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 8:51v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.