The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:16 at Cardiff 2026 put Thomas Murphy & Jack Dymond 271st of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:41 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:18 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 8:44Running 1 4:47v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 5:39v median +0:52
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 6:09v median +1:08
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 6:25v median +1:21
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:21v median +1:07
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:15v median −0:10
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Block 07 7:11Running 7 4:35v median −0:15
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 6:14v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:46
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.