The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:52 at Cardiff 2026 put Mark Richards 277th of 528 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:53 on the median. 9:05 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
The field ran 1:21 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Malaga 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:17v median +0:05
-
Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:48v median +0:00
-
Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:27v median +0:19
-
Block 04 10:34Running 4 5:31v median +0:26
-
Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:21v median +0:07
-
Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:34v median +0:09
-
Block 07 5:16Running 7 5:11v median +0:20
-
Block 08 13:56Running 8 6:18v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.