The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Alex Cottam & Matt Goodman crossed the line in 1:09:17: 173rd of 566 men's teams, faster than 69% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 89% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median.
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 9:16Running 1 5:14v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:57v median −0:19
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 5:19v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:25v median −0:08
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Block 07 7:38Running 7 4:43v median −0:18
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Block 08 9:46Running 8 5:28v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:08
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.