The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Joel Thorpe & Michael Plant crossed the line in 1:10:09: 226th of 522 men's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:00 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:46Running 1 4:44v median −0:34
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Block 02 5:59Running 2 4:21v median −0:25
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 04 7:24Running 4 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:18v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:32v median +0:09
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Block 07 8:17Running 7 5:03v median +0:11
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 6:19v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:34
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.