The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Priestley & Luke Arrowsmith finished 443rd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:54.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 7:32 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:22Running 1 5:59v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:30v median +0:44
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 5:43v median +0:40
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 5:55v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:12v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 5:55v median +0:32
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 5:23v median +0:31
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 6:43v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.