The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Smith finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 1:07:23 for 32nd of 466 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:56 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:36, was faster than 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:18v median −0:54
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 3:54v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:04v median −1:03
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 4:05v median −1:02
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 4:04v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:17v median −1:08
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 3:57v median −0:55
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 4:46v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:36
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.