The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Forbes took 3rd of 12 in the 60–64 age group at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:38.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:09 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:29 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Manchester 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:44v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:30v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 4:54v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 5:06v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:01v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:12v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 4:49v median −0:03
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Block 08 15:00Running 8 6:06v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:56
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.