The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Aitken & Hefin Pugh finished 566th of 566 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 2:11:22.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:02. The race faded late: the second half went 15:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:38, behind 99% of the field.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,565 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:50Running 1 7:52v median +2:37
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 8:27v median +3:35
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Block 03 14:14Running 3 8:51v median +3:35
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 9:07v median +3:52
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Block 05 14:50Running 5 9:31v median +4:08
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Block 06 13:27Running 6 10:23v median +4:50
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Block 07 21:04Running 7 8:27v median +3:26
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Block 08 21:32Running 8 11:13v median +5:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.