The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ethan Thomas & Michael Pursey finished 406th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:07 behind the median.
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 10:03Running 1 5:34v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:56v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:19v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 5:31v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:45v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:38v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 5:17v median +0:27
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 6:37v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.