The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Shahab & Gareth Thomas finished 445th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:26:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:46. A harder second half: 3:39 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 10:05Running 1 6:12v median +0:57
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 6:26v median +1:34
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 6:34v median +1:18
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 6:32v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 6:39v median +1:16
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Block 06 10:01Running 6 7:27v median +1:54
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 6:29v median +1:28
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 7:36v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
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.