The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Young & Luke Kelsall finished 342nd of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:17:57.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:59 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 9:13Running 1 5:05v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:53v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 5:12v median +0:11
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 5:13v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:32v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:33v median +0:08
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 5:10v median +0:20
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 6:11v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
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.