The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ken Liu & Yifei Yang finished 153rd of 271 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:12:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:44 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:36 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:36v median +0:28
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 4:47v median +0:04
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:51v median −0:11
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Block 04 8:06Running 4 4:53v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:49v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:08v median −0:14
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:34v median −0:12
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Block 08 9:38Running 8 5:37v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:46
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.