The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:19 at Cardiff 2026 put Nicholas Cook & Sarvjit Rai 314th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:06 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 9:45Running 1 5:40v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:12v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:26v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:19v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:27v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 6:10v median +0:23
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.