The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ricardo Paiva & Ben Sharp finished 420th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:23:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:13. A harder second half: 2:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:04Running 1 5:54v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:30v median +0:38
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 6:12v median +0:56
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 6:19v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:58v median +1:35
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:37v median +1:04
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 6:00v median +0:59
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 7:28v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:02
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.