The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:20 at Cardiff 2026 put Matthew Newbould 431st of 466 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:37 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 7:49, behind 94% of the field.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:17v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:53v median +1:06
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 6:20v median +1:13
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 6:29v median +1:22
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Block 05 11:56Running 5 6:42v median +1:28
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Block 06 12:53Running 6 9:16v median +3:51
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 6:53v median +2:01
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 9:14v median +3:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.