The race, in three figures
Field beaten
33%
Runs
16%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m Row
+0:25
v median
370/456
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+2:57
v median
386/456
Rank
The race, in words
1:36:16 at Cardiff 2026 put brian strain 355th of 456 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 2:57 slower than the median.
The field ran 1:09 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Dublin 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:39Running 1 5:39v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 5:18v median +0:32
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:27v median +0:19
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Block 04 12:46Running 4 5:29v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:24v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:46v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 5:20v median +0:29
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 6:38v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:35
0:10
0:25
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:27
0:11
0:16
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:26
0:10
0:16
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:05
0:41
0:24
B5 · 1000m Row
0:52
0:16
0:36
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:00
0:00
0:00
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:37
0:51
0:46
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 12:22 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by brian strain
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1594
Measured against
Men · n = 456