The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexandra Hiscock & Laura Higgins finished 497th of 862 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:31.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 37% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:33 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:02 worse 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 10:43Running 1 6:18v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:50v median +0:02
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 6:32v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 6:28v median +0:24
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:06v median +0:57
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 6:47v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 6:14v median +0:27
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 7:40v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
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.