The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Dickson won the Open division at Cardiff 2026 in 58:07, first of 466 men.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:44 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:10 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 2:14, was faster than 99% of the field.
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 8:07Running 1 3:58v median −1:14
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 3:29v median −1:18
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Block 03 6:53Running 3 3:44v median −1:23
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Block 04 6:40Running 4 3:41v median −1:26
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Block 05 8:01Running 5 3:45v median −1:29
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 3:48v median −1:37
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Block 07 6:10Running 7 3:18v median −1:34
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Block 08 8:39Running 8 4:07v median −1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 461
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 461 men who finished.