The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellena Murphy & Amy Martin finished 452nd of 488 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:49:20.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:43. A harder second half: 9:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 1:05 faster than the average race this season, by 1,590 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:38Running 1 7:50v median +1:28
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 7:27v median +1:38
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 8:00v median +1:56
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 8:06v median +1:59
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Block 05 13:35Running 5 8:38v median +2:26
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Block 06 16:00Running 6 13:30v median +7:02
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 8:04v median +2:16
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 9:45v median +2:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.