The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rio Dyer & Aaron Griffiths finished 424th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:23:43.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 5:13v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:53v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 5:28v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:39v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:07v median +0:44
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:26v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
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.