The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2026, Matthew Howard crossed the line in 1:21:29: 231st of 528 men, faster than 56% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 55% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 4:53 ahead of the median. 8:17 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Glasgow 2026 were 2:48 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:38v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:16v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 4:32v median −0:36
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 4:31v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:31v median −0:43
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 4:57v median −0:28
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Block 07 4:27Running 7 4:22v median −0:29
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 5:22v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.