The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:52 at Cardiff 2026 put Chris Owen 266th of 528 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 4:53 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:02 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:23Running 1 5:59v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 6:55v median +2:07
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 5:36v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:46v median +0:32
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 6:06v median +0:41
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Block 07 5:16Running 7 5:11v median +0:20
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:58v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:20
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.