The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:16 at Cardiff 2026 put Romano Provini 238th of 466 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:44 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:11 better against the middle of the field 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 10:21Running 1 5:32v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:02v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:37v median +0:30
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 5:31v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:21v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 5:48v median +0:23
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 6:04v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.