The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:05 at Cardiff 2026 put ross wickenden 127th of 466 men in the Open division, ahead of 73% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:24 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:58 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. 5:34 faster than at Copenhagen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:15v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 4:44v median −0:03
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Block 03 8:10Running 3 4:51v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:56v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:12v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:28v median +0:03
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:39v median −0:13
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:34v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:47
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.