The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Danny Coates & Michael Johnson at Cardiff 2026: 54:57, 2nd of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:05 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:08 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 2:17, was faster than 99% 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 7:50Running 1 3:57v median −1:18
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Block 02 5:19Running 2 3:36v median −1:10
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Block 03 6:17Running 3 3:49v median −1:16
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Block 04 6:03Running 4 3:44v median −1:20
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Block 05 8:05Running 5 3:54v median −1:19
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 4:00v median −1:23
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Block 07 6:02Running 7 3:37v median −1:15
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Block 08 7:33Running 8 4:17v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 421
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 421 men's teams who finished.