The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Palmer & Graham Wilson finished 209th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:11:37, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 44% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:20Running 1 5:18v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 4:43v median −0:03
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 5:15v median +0:10
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 5:28v median +0:24
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 5:18v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:35v median +0:12
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 08 10:59Running 8 6:08v median +0:21
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.