The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tomos Arfon & Joseph Dendle finished 154th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:06:33, faster than 71% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 57% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:12 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:38Running 1 4:41v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 4:13v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:06Running 3 4:23v median −0:40
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Block 04 7:48Running 4 4:28v median −0:34
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:34v median −0:36
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:55v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 4:25v median −0:27
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:16v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:36
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.