The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jodi Richards & Cara Thomas finished 255th of 488 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:26:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:59 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:42Running 1 6:25v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:30v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:57v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 5:57v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:54v median −0:18
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:09v median −0:19
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 5:14v median −0:34
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 6:34v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.