The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Colin Clayton & Shaun Coggon finished 262nd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:11:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:27Running 1 5:03v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:26v median −0:20
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 4:31v median −0:32
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 4:37v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:40v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:06v median −0:17
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:36v median −0:16
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 5:40v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:15
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.