The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brad Smith finished 385th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:41:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:12 slower than the median. 7:33 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:45 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 10:12Running 1 5:34v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:18v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:31v median +0:24
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Block 04 15:13Running 4 5:41v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:41v median +0:27
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 5:58v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 08 17:29Running 8 6:32v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.