The race, in three figures
The race, in words
chris edwards finished 335th of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:30:14.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:32Running 1 5:49v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 5:09v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 5:13v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:12v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:14v median +0:00
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Block 06 11:26Running 6 8:37v median +3:12
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 4:57v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:47Running 8 6:14v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:53
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.