The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ifan Phillips finished 353rd of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:31:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:20v median +0:08
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 5:09v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:17v median +0:09
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:16v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:18v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:28v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 5:04v median +0:13
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Block 08 16:03Running 8 6:27v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:44
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.