The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Owen Brown & Simon Shackell finished 405th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:24.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 3:14 quicker than the median and 20th of 478. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:26 better 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 10:26Running 1 6:03v median +0:48
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 7:20v median +2:33
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:47v median +0:46
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 7:40v median +2:36
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:05v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:14v median +0:49
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Block 07 5:43Running 7 5:40v median +0:50
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 6:55v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
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.