The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merize van der Westhuizen & Kate Gibson finished 153rd of 265 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:27:09.
The stations carried this race: faster than 72% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:35 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 1:05 faster than the average race this season, by 1,590 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:12Running 1 6:25v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 6:05v median +0:24
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 6:29v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 6:41v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:42v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 7:14v median +0:51
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 6:22v median +0:40
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 7:46v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:56
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 264
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 264 women's teams who finished.