The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Jones & Chris Taylor finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 55:48 for 10th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:36 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:30, was faster than 96% of the field.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,565 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 4:19v median −0:56
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Block 02 5:10Running 2 3:50v median −0:57
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Block 03 5:48Running 3 3:58v median −1:03
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Block 04 6:30Running 4 4:05v median −0:59
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Block 05 7:58Running 5 4:09v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:55Running 6 4:12v median −1:13
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Block 07 6:03Running 7 3:46v median −1:04
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Block 08 7:58Running 8 4:33v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 466
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 466 men's teams who finished.