The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Barton finished 422nd of 528 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:39:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:40 worse 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 10:25Running 1 5:43v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:10v median +0:22
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:24v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 5:29v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:43v median +0:29
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Block 06 10:04Running 6 5:53v median +0:28
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 6:45v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.