The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karl Cross & Coralie Cross finished 373rd of 483 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:41:40.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:24. The race faded late: the second half went 6:06 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 10:37Running 1 6:19v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 5:35v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 6:05v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 6:14v median +0:04
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 6:59v median +0:37
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:22v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:50Running 7 6:32v median +0:13
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Block 08 16:56Running 8 9:04v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.