The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, Simon Davy & Cara Lunn crossed the line in 1:22:26: 190th of 483 mixed teams, faster than 61% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:45. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 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 10:00Running 1 5:41v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:52v median −0:38
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:16v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:29v median −0:41
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:50v median −0:32
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:51v median −0:27
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 5:37v median −0:42
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 6:19v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
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.