The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ant Bate & Connor Dwyer finished 291st of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:14:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:41 on the median. A harder second half: 2:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:52Running 1 5:03v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:46v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 5:35v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:44v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 5:58v median +0:25
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 5:27v median +0:26
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:46v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
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.