The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Macdermott & Nigel Sellars finished 286th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:13:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:06. Stronger after halfway: 1:46 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:33v median +0:18
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:43v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 5:06v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:06Running 4 5:08v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:05v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:20v median −0:05
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 4:55v median +0:05
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Block 08 9:58Running 8 5:45v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:31
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.