The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:06:43 at Cardiff 2026 put dan bowman & Rhys Jones 156th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 90% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:53. A harder second half: 3:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,565 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 4:09v median −1:09
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 3:52v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:46Running 3 4:09v median −0:54
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Block 04 8:07Running 4 4:18v median −0:44
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:21v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:37v median −0:46
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:19v median −0:33
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 5:09v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:18
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.