The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neil Cundy & Teresa Cundy finished 449th of 483 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:56:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 27% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:54. A harder second half: 3:32 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 11:03Running 1 6:27v median +0:28
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Block 02 11:02Running 2 6:25v median +0:55
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Block 03 13:53Running 3 7:06v median +1:07
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Block 04 15:22Running 4 7:05v median +0:55
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Block 05 13:36Running 5 7:11v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 7:12v median +0:54
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 7:30v median +1:11
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Block 08 18:41Running 8 8:19v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.