The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aidan Beresford & Jake Hopkins finished 469th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 6:44 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 10:31Running 1 6:00v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:22v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 7:22v median +2:06
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 6:04v median +0:49
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:04v median +1:41
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:42v median +1:09
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 6:09v median +1:08
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 8:01v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.