The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ralph Hale & Simon Tickner finished 125th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:05:33, faster than 76% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 1:39 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 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:46v median −0:32
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:14v median −0:32
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Block 03 6:43Running 3 4:50v median −0:13
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Block 04 7:42Running 4 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 5:13v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 5:10v median −0:13
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:52v median +0:00
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 5:57v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:54
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.