The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc Swain & Jonathan Edwards finished 430th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:24:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:26. The race faded late: the second half went 2:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:19Running 1 6:53v median +1:35
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:58v median +0:12
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 5:15v median +0:12
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:19v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:47v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:24v median +0:32
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 6:29v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:35
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.