The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Seb Smith & Jon Evans finished 379th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:29:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 26% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:04 slower than the median. 5:29 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,565 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 5:44v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 5:11v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 5:43v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 5:42v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:13v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:34v median +0:42
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:41v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.