The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:30 at Cardiff 2026 put Adrian Watkin & Chris Birch 312th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:12 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 9:22Running 1 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:47v median +0:01
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 5:01v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:08Running 4 5:05v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:03v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:25v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 4:57v median +0:05
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 5:59v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:18
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.