The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Lawton & Jon Abbott finished 499th of 522 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:37:52.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:31. The race faded late: the second half went 7:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 5:36 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:11Running 1 5:57v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 5:51v median +1:05
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:32v median +1:29
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 6:58v median +1:56
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 7:34v median +2:24
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Block 06 11:04Running 6 7:49v median +2:26
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 7:13v median +2:21
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 9:06v median +3:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.