The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Jones & Stephen Williams finished 323rd of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:16:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:36Running 1 5:19v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:49v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 5:07v median +0:06
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:01v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:06v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:32v median +0:07
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Block 07 9:07Running 7 4:58v median +0:08
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 6:12v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
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.