The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:13 at Cardiff 2026 put Lowri Ridings & Lucia O’shea 153rd of 430 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 64% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 1:05 faster than the average race this season, by 1,590 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:38Running 1 5:47v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:25v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:48v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 5:48v median −0:19
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:51v median −0:26
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:04v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 5:31v median −0:20
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 6:44v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:33
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 425
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 425 women's teams who finished.