The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gareth Rice finished 370th of 533 men in the Pro division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:12.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:13 slower at Cardiff 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:28v median +0:51
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 5:02v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 5:28v median +0:52
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 5:25v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:22v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 5:35v median +0:51
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 5:07v median +0:46
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 6:09v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 527
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 527 men who finished.