The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alfonso Broadbent finished 279th of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:01.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:07 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:37 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:30v median −0:42
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:21v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 4:56v median −0:12
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Block 04 14:00Running 4 5:05v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 5:55v median +0:41
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:29v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 4:59v median +0:08
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 5:40v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:37
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.