The race, in three figures
The race, in words
52:59 won the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026 for Robert Livesey & Ricky Gibbins, first of 271 men's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:30 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 2:16, ahead of 98% 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 7:36Running 1 4:01v median −1:07
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Block 02 5:03Running 2 3:38v median −1:05
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Block 03 5:52Running 3 3:49v median −1:13
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Block 04 5:47Running 4 3:45v median −1:17
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Block 05 7:43Running 5 3:53v median −1:19
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 4:04v median −1:18
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Block 07 5:32Running 7 3:41v median −1:05
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Block 08 7:39Running 8 4:32v median −1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 267
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 267 men's teams who finished.