The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Mitchell Bourne & Craig Brain crossed the line in 1:10:04: 176th of 430 men's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:00 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:18Running 1 5:32v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:58v median +0:12
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 5:10v median +0:05
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 5:16v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 5:23v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:30v median +0:07
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 5:03v median +0:11
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 6:05v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:21
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.