The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Collins & Craig O'Donnell finished 401st of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:33:55.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:42 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 6:06 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 10:29Running 1 6:20v median +1:05
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:49v median +1:03
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 6:11v median +1:06
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 6:30v median +1:26
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:49v median +1:36
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Block 06 9:52Running 6 7:18v median +1:55
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 6:33v median +1:41
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Block 08 13:42Running 8 9:03v median +3:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.