The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Steele & James Leppard finished 248th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:14:49.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:44 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 9:14Running 1 5:14v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:52v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 5:23v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 5:57v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:52v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 6:08v median +0:45
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 5:30v median +0:38
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Block 08 11:03Running 8 6:37v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:34
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.