The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Vince & Ben Simpson finished 197th of 271 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:16:53.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:56. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:25Running 1 5:20v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:09v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 6:00v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:15v median +1:03
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:57v median +0:35
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 5:32v median +0:46
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 7:03v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:09
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.