The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:36 at Cardiff 2026 put Simon Thomas 396th of 456 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. That was 7:31 off the time at Toulouse 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 4:53v median −0:17
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 4:51v median +0:05
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Block 03 13:35Running 3 7:01v median +1:53
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 5:16v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 5:57v median +0:43
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 6:00v median +0:39
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Block 07 12:53Running 7 7:19v median +2:28
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Block 08 17:50Running 8 6:39v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:50
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.