Skip to content
Sign in Sign up
United Kingdom / Cardiff 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Mark Preston

GBR M 50-54 n = 456
Finish · net time
1:42:25
+18:25 v median 1:24:00
Course −0:39 v season average ±0:13 · 1,764 athletes
Men
388/456
50-54
23/32
Field beaten
15%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
14%
Runs
17%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
+0:03
v median
246/456
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+2:25
v median
390/456
Rank

The race, in words

Mark Preston finished 388th of 456 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:42:25.

The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:25 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.

Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 10:38
    Running 1 5:39
    v median +0:29
    1000m SkiErg 4:59
    v median +0:25
  2. Block 02 10:13
    Running 2 7:10
    v median +2:24
    50m Sled Push 3:03
    v median +0:03
  3. Block 03 11:07
    Running 3 5:46
    v median +0:38
    50m Sled Pull 5:21
    v median +1:10
  4. Block 04 13:45
    Running 4 5:36
    v median +0:28
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 8:09
    v median +2:25
  5. Block 05 11:14
    Running 5 5:48
    v median +0:34
    1000m Row 5:26
    v median +0:36
  6. Block 06 9:00
    Running 6 6:01
    v median +0:40
    200m Farmers Carry 2:59
    v median +0:20
  7. Block 07 12:13
    Running 7 5:15
    v median +0:24
    100m Sandbag Lunges 6:58
    v median +2:03
  8. Block 08 19:07
    Running 8 10:03
    v median +4:04
    Wall Balls 9:04
    v median +2:18

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 5:12

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:35
0:11 0:24
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:39
0:12 0:27
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:23
0:06 0:17
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:03
0:23 0:40
B5 · 1000m Row
0:52
0:14 0:38
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:00
0:00 0:00
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:45
0:37 1:08
B8 · Wall Balls
—
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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 18:31
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 18:31 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Cardiff 2026

See this race on page 46
Other races by Mark Preston
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1594
Measured against
Men · n = 456