The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:11 at Cardiff 2026 put Mark Crooks 297th of 466 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 7:10 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:56v median −0:16
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 6:09v median +1:22
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 6:19v median +1:12
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 6:23v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 6:30v median +1:16
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 8:20v median +2:55
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:45v median −0:07
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 6:04v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
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.