The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Katharine Holloway & Catriona Love crossed the line in 1:20:39: 157th of 488 women's teams, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:32 on the median. The roxzone cost time: 6:36, behind 89% of the field.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,590 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:05 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:02Running 1 6:18v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:47v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:30v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 5:57v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:09v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 6:16v median −0:12
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Block 07 5:51Running 7 5:48v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:50Running 8 6:51v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.