The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Roach finished 303rd of 389 women in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:50:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:38 behind the median. 7:38 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:36Running 1 5:55v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:15v median −0:19
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:46v median −0:04
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Block 04 17:00Running 4 5:57v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 6:11v median +0:11
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:23v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 5:49v median +0:17
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Block 08 20:27Running 8 6:56v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.