The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:39 at Cardiff 2026 put Johnny Montgomery 293rd of 456 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:06 on the median.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both. That was 5:32 off the time at Rotterdam 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:44Running 1 5:23v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 6:00v median +1:14
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 6:23v median +1:15
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 6:16v median +1:08
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:22v median +1:08
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:37v median +1:16
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 4:33v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:57Running 8 7:52v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:47
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.