The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:57 at Cardiff 2026 put Thomas Nichol 289th of 466 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:03. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:45 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:44Running 1 4:57v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:39v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 5:25v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:19v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:37v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:16v median −0:09
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 4:30v median −0:22
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 6:07v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
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.