The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julia Russell took 3rd of 33 in the 45–49 age group at Cardiff 2026, in 1:15:20.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 79% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:00 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 3:09, ahead of 95% of the field.
The field ran 4:50 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 4:58v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:34v median −1:00
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 6:05v median +0:15
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:38v median −1:16
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:20v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:32v median +0:22
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:21v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:15Running 8 5:22v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:09
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 382
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 382 women who finished.