The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:14 at Cardiff 2026 put James Donovan-Davies & Rhys Thomas 395th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:54. A harder second half: 2:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:23Running 1 6:01v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:27v median +0:40
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:43v median +0:42
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 5:52v median +0:48
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:56v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:15v median +0:50
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:53v median +1:03
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 7:10v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:47
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.