The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Smith finished 348th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:35:29.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:52 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Malaga 2026 were 1:21 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:11Running 1 4:49v median −0:23
-
Block 02 9:19Running 2 6:18v median +1:31
-
Block 03 10:35Running 3 6:47v median +1:40
-
Block 04 13:23Running 4 6:52v median +1:45
-
Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:09v median +1:55
-
Block 06 10:40Running 6 7:35v median +2:10
-
Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:16v median +0:24
-
Block 08 14:37Running 8 6:56v median +0:54
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.