The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:53 at Cardiff 2026 put Matt Gigg & Connor Hichens 318th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:54 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:29 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 9:34Running 1 5:17v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:51v median +0:05
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 5:09v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:12v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:28v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 6:09v median +0:18
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.