The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:29 at Cardiff 2026 put Masotja Sibandze & Craig Palmer 355th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:10 on the median. 8:00 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:32Running 1 5:59v median +0:44
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:22v median +0:35
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:35v median +0:34
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 5:38v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:48v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:22v median +0:57
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Block 07 5:38Running 7 5:31v median +0:41
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 6:44v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
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.