The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Hodges & David Sadler finished 475th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:30:15.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:52Running 1 6:32v median +1:14
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:45v median +0:59
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:53v median +0:50
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 6:12v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:12v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:29v median +1:06
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 5:56v median +1:04
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Block 08 15:20Running 8 9:54v median +4:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
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.