The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:25 at Cardiff 2026 put Christopher Nowak & Alex Wilson 232nd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:53Running 1 5:46v median +0:28
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:57v median +0:11
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 5:05v median +0:02
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Block 04 8:39Running 4 5:25v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:18v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:23v median +0:00
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:54v median +0:02
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 5:49v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:22
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.