The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Cyriac finished 464th of 466 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 2:42:11.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 12:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:15 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 12:53Running 1 7:10v median +1:58
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Block 02 15:47Running 2 10:49v median +6:02
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Block 03 17:55Running 3 9:49v median +4:42
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Block 04 22:03Running 4 9:29v median +4:22
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Block 05 17:18Running 5 10:31v median +5:17
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Block 06 17:38Running 6 13:28v median +8:03
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Block 07 24:57Running 7 9:52v median +5:00
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Block 08 25:28Running 8 14:06v median +8:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.