The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:32 at Cardiff 2026 put Mark MANLEY on the age-group podium: 3rd of 25 in the 55–59 age group.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 5:02 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:25 in the roxzone was slower 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. Mark MANLEY's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 4:47v median −0:25
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:23v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:46v median −0:21
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 4:43v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:56v median −0:18
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:24v median −0:01
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Block 07 4:43Running 7 4:38v median −0:14
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 6:02v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.