The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Callum Hookway finished 350th of 456 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:35:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:33Running 1 5:43v median +0:33
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:02v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 5:45v median +0:37
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 5:15v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:11v median −0:03
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:17v median −0:04
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 4:48v median −0:03
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 6:13v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.