The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam McDuff finished 234th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:22:58.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:50 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:07 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:47Running 1 5:10v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:36v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:58v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:07v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:17v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 5:24v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 4:55v median +0:03
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 5:45v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
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.