The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Smith & Riley Reynolds finished 414th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:23:11.
The stations carried this race: faster than 75% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:52 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 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 9:20Running 1 5:13v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:45v median +0:53
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 7:06v median +1:50
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 6:46v median +1:31
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:57v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 7:25v median +1:52
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 6:41v median +1:40
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Block 08 11:22Running 8 7:30v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
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.