The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Colin Morris finished 391st of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:36:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:57 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. That was 3:22 off the time at Katowice 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:54Running 1 5:49v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:08v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 5:20v median +0:12
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Block 04 13:59Running 4 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 5:21v median +0:07
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 5:44v median +0:19
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 5:08v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:43Running 8 6:22v median +0:21
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.