The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louis Holwell & Bertie Holwell finished 249th of 271 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:00.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 5:47 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 9:46Running 1 5:47v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:32v median +0:49
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 6:12v median +1:10
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 6:28v median +1:26
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 6:50v median +1:38
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 6:43v median +1:21
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 10:46v median +6:00
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 7:01v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.