The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Manjit Sangha & Marcus Dowding finished 256th of 271 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:30:00.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:32 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 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 11:00Running 1 6:44v median +1:36
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:58v median +1:15
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 6:16v median +1:14
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 8:31v median +3:29
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 6:13v median +1:01
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Block 06 11:35Running 6 9:27v median +4:05
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 7:31v median +2:45
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Block 08 10:53Running 8 6:36v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:03
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.