The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Watkins finished 358th of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:31:54.
The stations carried this race: faster than 53% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:45 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:43 slower than 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:38Running 1 5:56v median +0:44
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:40v median +0:52
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 7:04v median +1:56
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 6:28v median +1:23
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:19v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:11v median +0:46
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 08 13:16Running 8 7:02v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:03
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.