The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucy Pearce & Samantha Plummer finished 593rd of 862 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:32:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:37 on the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:49Running 1 7:39v median +1:15
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 6:36v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 6:44v median +0:40
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 6:48v median +0:44
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 6:59v median +0:50
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 7:05v median +0:40
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 6:22v median +0:35
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 8:01v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
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.