The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:25 at Cardiff 2026 put Leon Jones 444th of 528 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:13. A harder second half: 3:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:16Running 1 6:10v median +0:58
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:25v median +0:37
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:27v median +0:19
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Block 04 14:22Running 4 5:33v median +0:28
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 5:37v median +0:23
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Block 06 10:09Running 6 5:53v median +0:28
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 5:24v median +0:33
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Block 08 17:01Running 8 7:02v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.