The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Briggs & Steve Sutton finished 462nd of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:51.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 6% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 6:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 5:31 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 10:32Running 1 6:11v median +0:53
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:45v median +0:59
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 6:09v median +1:06
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 6:21v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:43v median +1:33
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Block 06 13:48Running 6 11:27v median +6:04
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 5:45v median +0:53
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 7:32v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.