The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:20 at Cardiff 2026 put Simon Smith 521st of 528 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 4:55 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:11 behind the median. 17:38 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
The field ran 1:16 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:17Running 1 9:51v median +4:39
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Block 02 14:09Running 2 9:37v median +4:49
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Block 03 15:50Running 3 10:14v median +5:06
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Block 04 19:20Running 4 10:34v median +5:29
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Block 05 16:43Running 5 11:06v median +5:52
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Block 06 13:16Running 6 8:44v median +3:19
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 8:10v median +3:19
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Block 08 20:57Running 8 11:00v median +4:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:38
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.