The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Peter Wright & James Chitty crossed the line in 1:08:10: 184th of 478 men's teams, faster than 62% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 99% of the field across all eight, against 46% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 3:13 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:42Running 1 5:40v median +0:25
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:02v median +0:15
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 5:08v median +0:07
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Block 04 7:17Running 4 5:07v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 5:17v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:26v median +0:01
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Block 07 5:06Running 7 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 08 9:33Running 8 5:49v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
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.