The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Blaine Waugh finished 351st of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:36:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:47 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:46Running 1 5:50v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:02v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:22v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:37Running 4 5:21v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:18v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 5:43v median +0:18
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 5:20v median +0:28
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 6:40v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
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.