The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Marsden & Benjamin Holland finished 423rd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:23:38.
A station race more than a running one: 39% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:40 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:48 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 9:32Running 1 5:30v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:46v median +1:00
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 6:40v median +1:37
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 6:37v median +1:35
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:38v median +1:28
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:50v median +1:27
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:50v median +0:58
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 7:00v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
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.