The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Sitch & George Sitch finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 56:40 for 7th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:24 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:56 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:26, was faster than 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:21Running 1 4:33v median −0:42
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Block 02 5:30Running 2 4:03v median −0:49
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Block 03 6:27Running 3 4:08v median −1:08
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Block 04 6:21Running 4 4:07v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:52Running 5 4:04v median −1:19
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:19v median −1:14
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Block 07 6:06Running 7 3:55v median −1:06
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Block 08 7:52Running 8 4:35v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 564
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 564 men's teams who finished.