The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sam Joyce & Ben Tennant at Cardiff 2026: 1:02:29, 44th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:36 on the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:03Running 1 4:17v median −0:58
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Block 02 5:37Running 2 3:48v median −0:58
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Block 03 6:26Running 3 4:02v median −1:03
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Block 04 7:34Running 4 4:20v median −0:44
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Block 05 8:32Running 5 4:12v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:32v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 4:12v median −0:40
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Block 08 8:38Running 8 4:59v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:07
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.