The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Church & Thomas Hawkins finished 346th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:17:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:49. The race faded late: the second half went 3:53 worse 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 9:27Running 1 5:30v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:02v median +0:16
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 5:10v median +0:07
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:39v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 08 12:18Running 8 6:10v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:05
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.