The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Patton & Lee Pierson finished 427th of 478 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:03.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:52. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:03 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 10:07Running 1 5:42v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:14v median +0:27
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 5:46v median +0:45
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:39v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:35v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:46v median +0:21
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 5:26v median +0:36
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Block 08 12:33Running 8 7:13v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.