The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Johanna Knecchtli & Amelie Evans finished 407th of 488 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:37:53.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:53 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:58 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 11:56Running 1 6:52v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 6:29v median +0:40
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 7:20v median +1:16
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 6:33v median +0:26
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Block 05 12:47Running 5 7:29v median +1:17
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Block 06 11:13Running 6 8:55v median +2:27
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 8:07v median +2:19
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Block 08 12:36Running 8 8:08v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.