The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Briar Burtenshaw & Jake Burtenshaw finished in the top 10% of the field at Auckland 2026, in 1:08:36 for 43rd of 483 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:40 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:31, was faster than 87% 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 8:31Running 1 4:50v median −1:09
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:23v median −1:07
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 4:50v median −1:09
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:44v median −1:26
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:45v median −1:37
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:56v median −1:22
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:56v median −1:23
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Block 08 8:54Running 8 5:19v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
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.