The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanna Leese & Nicola Wain finished 204th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:01. A harder second half: 1:11 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 1:05.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:03Running 1 6:07v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:21v median −0:22
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:30v median −0:31
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:42v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:35v median −0:33
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:11v median −0:13
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 5:34v median −0:08
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 6:35v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 398
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 398 women's teams who finished.