The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Jolly & Jack Beere finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 1:02:15 for 41st of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:44, was faster than 89% of the field.
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 7:57Running 1 4:12v median −1:03
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Block 02 5:47Running 2 3:51v median −0:55
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Block 03 6:40Running 3 4:07v median −0:58
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 4:09v median −0:55
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Block 05 8:29Running 5 4:14v median −0:59
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:28v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:34Running 7 3:58v median −0:54
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 4:50v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:44
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.