The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:45 at Cardiff 2026 put David Sobers 378th of 528 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:57 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. That was 21:16 off the time at Manchester 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:54v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:41v median −0:07
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 6:58v median +1:50
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 6:33v median +1:28
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 7:15v median +2:01
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Block 06 10:24Running 6 7:14v median +1:49
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 4:55v median +0:04
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Block 08 14:32Running 8 8:06v median +2:05
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.