The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:08 at Cardiff 2026 put Ben Stirling 347th of 528 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:03 quicker than the median and 110th of 528. A harder second half: 1:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Cardiff 2025 were 4:51 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 9:28Running 1 5:20v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 6:19v median +1:31
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 6:35v median +1:27
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 6:34v median +1:29
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:58v median +1:44
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:55v median +0:30
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 7:58v median +3:07
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 8:36v median +2:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
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.