The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Purna Venkatesan - Ogin finished 402nd of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:37:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:36Running 1 4:45v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 4:39v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:06v median −0:02
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 4:57v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:00v median −0:14
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 5:13v median −0:12
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 4:43v median −0:08
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Block 08 20:04Running 8 6:41v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
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.