The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Piers Plowman & Daniel Gregory finished 269th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:12:01.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:07 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:39 better against the middle of the field 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 10:01Running 1 6:15v median +0:57
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 5:26v median +0:40
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 5:37v median +0:34
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 5:36v median +0:34
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:47v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:50v median +0:27
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 5:29v median +0:37
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 6:19v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:45
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.