The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:20 at Cardiff 2026 put Chris Ford 370th of 528 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:26. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:47v median +0:35
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:08v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 6:50v median +1:42
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Block 04 14:03Running 4 6:49v median +1:44
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:12v median +1:58
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:40v median +0:15
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 6:49v median +1:58
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 6:24v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:13
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.