The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:31 at Cardiff 2026 put Simon Clarke 330th of 466 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:13 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. 2:18 slower than at Mechelen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:07v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:45v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 6:56v median +1:49
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 5:11v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:08v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 5:30v median +0:05
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 08 17:14Running 8 6:16v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:42
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.