The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:02 at Cardiff 2026 put Lee Ford 437th of 528 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:56 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:56 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:02 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 11:35Running 1 6:24v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 5:50v median +1:02
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 6:01v median +0:53
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 6:14v median +1:09
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:08v median +0:54
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 6:22v median +0:57
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Block 07 5:50Running 7 5:48v median +0:57
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 7:34v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:56
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.