The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:03 at Cardiff 2026 put Sam Converso 152nd of 466 men in the Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:31v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 4:26v median −0:21
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:44v median −0:23
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:37v median −0:30
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:35v median −0:39
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 4:34v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 4:14v median −0:38
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 5:12v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
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.