The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Nicola James & Emma Roberts crossed the line in 1:23:27: 204th of 488 women's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 3:32 ahead of the median. 8:37 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 11:09Running 1 6:34v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:32v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 5:58v median −0:06
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 5:59v median −0:08
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 6:04v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:12v median −0:16
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Block 07 5:34Running 7 5:31v median −0:17
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 6:43v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.