The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Stephens took 3rd of 35 in the 50–54 age group at Cardiff 2026, in 1:16:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:50 behind the median. Quick through the roxzone: 2:59, ahead of 87% of the field.
The field ran 1:16 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:51v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:22v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:34v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 4:16v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:20v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 4:44v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:08v median −0:44
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 5:04v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:59
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.