The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Shield finished 407th of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:38:05.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:54 on the median. The roxzone cost time: 13:33, behind 98% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2023 were 9:33 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 5:59v median +0:47
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:34v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:56v median +0:48
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Block 04 12:02Running 4 6:00v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:03v median +0:49
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Block 06 10:02Running 6 6:16v median +0:51
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Block 07 5:43Running 7 5:39v median +0:48
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 7:15v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:33
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.