The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:53 at Cardiff 2026 put Mark Cooper-Haime 273rd of 466 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:15. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:14 better 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 2:44 off the time at Turin 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:40v median −0:32
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Block 02 10:08Running 2 6:04v median +1:17
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 4:38v median −0:29
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 4:31v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:46v median −0:28
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:02v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 4:31v median −0:21
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 5:37v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:15
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.