The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tony Watson & Dale Townshend finished 430th of 430 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 2:07:07.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:04 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 14:13Running 1 9:50v median +4:35
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 9:25v median +4:39
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Block 03 14:50Running 3 10:40v median +5:35
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Block 04 15:09Running 4 10:36v median +5:32
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Block 05 15:54Running 5 10:51v median +5:38
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Block 06 14:13Running 6 11:50v median +6:27
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Block 07 15:55Running 7 10:56v median +6:04
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Block 08 18:44Running 8 12:58v median +7:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:04
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.