The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:14 at Cardiff 2026 put Ross Thomas & Matthew Jones 441st of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:48 better against the middle of the field than the first. 5:55 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 11:17Running 1 7:12v median +1:57
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 6:09v median +1:17
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 6:26v median +1:10
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 6:34v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 6:33v median +1:10
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:41v median +1:08
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 5:58v median +0:57
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Block 08 11:17Running 8 6:54v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.