The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:23 at Cardiff 2026 put Simon Sykes 319th of 528 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 1:16 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:34 behind the median.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both. Simon Sykes's fastest of 7 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:40Running 1 6:06v median +0:54
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:42v median +0:54
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 6:04v median +0:56
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 6:05v median +1:00
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:23v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:27v median +1:02
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 5:51v median +1:00
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 7:04v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
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.