The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Hayward & Josh Butters finished 403rd of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 28% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:53Running 1 5:37v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:08v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 5:37v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:37v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 5:59v median +0:34
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:34v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 7:06v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:03
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.