The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elliot Carpenter & Dave Wisby finished 411th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:37:10.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:00 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 11:50Running 1 7:14v median +1:59
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 6:35v median +1:49
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 7:08v median +2:03
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 7:19v median +2:15
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 7:55v median +2:42
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Block 06 10:08Running 6 7:51v median +2:28
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 6:54v median +2:02
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 8:22v median +2:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
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.