The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Laura Mercer & Fran Wright crossed the line in 1:20:01: 145th of 488 women's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:36 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 1:05.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:50Running 1 6:09v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:19v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:24v median −0:40
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 5:23v median −0:44
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:27v median −0:45
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:50v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 5:09v median −0:39
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 6:21v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 485
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 485 women's teams who finished.