The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Henry Stroud finished 298th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:29:18.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:54 on the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:43Running 1 6:06v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:34v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 6:12v median +1:05
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 5:51v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:17v median +1:03
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 6:40v median +1:15
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 4:30v median −0:22
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 7:33v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
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.