The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:49 at Cardiff 2026 put Matt Wright 272nd of 466 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:34 worse 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. That was 17:45 off the time at Doha 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:25v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:56v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:21v median +0:14
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Block 04 11:32Running 4 5:28v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:36v median +0:22
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 5:47v median +0:22
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 6:26v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
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.