The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Escott & Nic McGowan finished 402nd of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:22:02.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:40 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 9:33Running 1 5:41v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:24v median +0:32
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 6:15v median +0:59
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:19v median +1:04
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 6:17v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:55v median +1:22
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 6:08v median +1:07
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 7:11v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
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.