The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, Nia O'Donnell & Lucy Colmsee crossed the line in 1:20:49: 260th of 862 women's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:30 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 1:05.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:48Running 1 5:51v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:31v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 5:44v median −0:20
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 5:38v median −0:26
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:26v median −0:43
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:41v median −0:44
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 5:08v median −0:39
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 6:07v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 854
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 854 women's teams who finished.