The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jack Bruford & Thomas Edwards finished 360th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:18:33.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:34. The race faded late: the second half went 3:23 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 9:12Running 1 5:16v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:56v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:27Running 3 5:15v median +0:12
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:17v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:40v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:55v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 6:33v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:35
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.