The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Best & John Newman finished 557th of 563 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:40:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran fast: the 698 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 6:11v median +1:20
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 6:07v median +1:37
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 8:54v median +4:11
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 6:54v median +2:06
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:59v median +2:05
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Block 06 9:19Running 6 7:15v median +2:24
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 7:49v median +2:58
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 9:02v median +3:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 562
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 562 men's teams who finished.