The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Anderson finished 286th of 456 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:28:11.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:25. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:29 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Glasgow 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:53v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:29v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:40v median −0:28
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 4:53v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:03v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:13v median −0:08
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 4:55v median +0:04
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Block 08 16:14Running 8 6:03v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 452
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 452 men who finished.