The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Gilbert & Sam Keiller finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 1:01:42 for 51st of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:16 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 2:39, ahead of 93% of the field.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,565 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:40v median −0:38
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 4:09v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:12Running 3 4:19v median −0:44
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Block 04 7:14Running 4 4:17v median −0:45
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:29v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:37v median −0:46
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Block 07 6:46Running 7 4:03v median −0:49
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Block 08 8:25Running 8 4:51v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 519
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 519 men's teams who finished.