The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for David Blint & Penny Elliott at Auckland 2026: 1:07:33, 35th of 483 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:01 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:13 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:27, was faster than 97% of the field.
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 8:38Running 1 4:43v median −1:16
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:35v median −0:55
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:45v median −1:14
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 4:40v median −1:30
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:41v median −1:41
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:37v median −1:41
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:46v median −1:33
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 5:08v median −1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:27
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 482
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 482 mixed teams who finished.