The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Leroy Thomas at Cardiff 2026: 1:02:42, 16th of 528 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:20 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:56 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:37, was faster than 95% of the field.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 4:06v median −1:06
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 3:45v median −1:03
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 4:02v median −1:06
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:00v median −1:05
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Block 05 8:22Running 5 4:04v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:10v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:20Running 7 3:42v median −1:09
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Block 08 9:04Running 8 4:36v median −1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.