The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Wood & Lily Roach finished 421st of 430 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:59:22.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:16. The race faded late: the second half went 8:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 7:10, behind 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 1:05.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:35Running 1 8:27v median +2:06
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 7:35v median +1:48
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Block 03 12:41Running 3 7:44v median +1:40
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Block 04 15:20Running 4 7:52v median +1:45
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Block 05 14:04Running 5 8:00v median +1:43
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Block 06 11:16Running 6 8:19v median +1:47
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Block 07 16:34Running 7 8:40v median +2:49
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Block 08 19:11Running 8 11:22v median +4:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.