The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:06 at Cardiff 2026 put Nikesh Karia 345th of 456 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:43 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Nikesh Karia.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 4:48v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:25v median −0:21
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 6:40v median +1:32
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 5:02v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:19v median +0:05
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:30v median +0:09
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 4:52v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:43Running 8 6:14v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.