The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christian Bowerman & Ceri Aldridge finished 478th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:31:06.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 0:35 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:16 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 11:27Running 1 7:13v median +1:55
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:34v median +1:48
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 6:53v median +1:50
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 7:11v median +2:09
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 7:17v median +2:07
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Block 06 10:07Running 6 7:26v median +2:03
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 6:50v median +1:58
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 8:31v median +2:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.