The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dan Fennell & Alfie Dowling finished 502nd of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:32:31.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 6:18, behind 91% 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 10:25Running 1 5:53v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:47v median +0:55
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 6:18v median +1:02
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 6:24v median +1:09
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:39v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 6:50v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 6:10v median +1:09
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 7:08v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.