The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Harriet Rochester & Nicola Hobbs finished 353rd of 488 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:32:03.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 11:25Running 1 6:41v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 6:11v median +0:22
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 6:49v median +0:45
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 7:00v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 7:17v median +1:05
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Block 06 9:47Running 6 7:29v median +1:01
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 7:05v median +1:17
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 8:37v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:51
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.