The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:20 at Cardiff 2026 put Liam Smith & Chay Oliver 176th of 271 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:53 on the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:21Running 1 5:23v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:59v median +0:16
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 5:21v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 5:47v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:45v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:49v median +0:27
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 5:14v median +0:28
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 6:20v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:37
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.