The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Costigan finished 356th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:36:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Manchester 2026 were 3:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:03Running 1 5:58v median +0:46
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 5:17v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:27v median +0:20
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:32v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:29v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:31v median +0:06
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 08 19:13Running 8 6:15v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:45
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.