The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:00 at Cardiff 2026 put John Cooper 425th of 466 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:49. The race faded late: the second half went 2:37 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 10:32Running 1 5:31v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:13v median +0:26
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:49v median +0:42
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Block 04 16:47Running 4 5:31v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:39v median +0:25
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:51v median +0:26
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Block 07 16:11Running 7 5:15v median +0:23
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 6:44v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.