The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Phillips & Sid Williamson finished 297th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:14:36.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,565 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:30v median −0:45
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:07v median −0:40
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Block 03 7:05Running 3 4:18v median −0:43
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:01v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 4:28v median −0:57
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Block 07 10:59Running 7 4:08v median −0:42
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 7:01v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
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.