The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Finlay Spaargaren & Samuel Helme finished 452nd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:27:36.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:12Running 1 5:59v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:28v median +0:42
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 5:45v median +0:42
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:51v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 6:06v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:15v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 5:20v median +0:28
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Block 08 15:40Running 8 9:57v median +4:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
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.