The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karl Murray finished 311th of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:27:54.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 1:50. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 4:00 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 10:05Running 1 5:25v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 4:52v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 5:00v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 5:00v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:15v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:14v median −0:11
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 4:57v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 5:46v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:34
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.