The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Bowen & Andrew Davies finished 563rd of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 2:01:55.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:20. The race faded late: the second half went 8:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 6:50, behind 95% of the field.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,565 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 6:52v median +1:37
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Block 02 11:09Running 2 8:06v median +3:14
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Block 03 14:20Running 3 9:39v median +4:23
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Block 04 15:00Running 4 9:59v median +4:44
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Block 05 14:06Running 5 8:59v median +3:36
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Block 06 14:47Running 6 11:57v median +6:24
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Block 07 15:30Running 7 8:02v median +3:01
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Block 08 19:03Running 8 10:22v median +4:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.