The race, in three figures
The race, in words
58:20 won the Open division at Cardiff 2026 for Joseph Leeks, first of 365 men.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:02 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:47 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:14, was faster than 99% of the field.
The field ran 1:45 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at London Excel 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 4:01v median −1:04
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 3:37v median −1:05
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Block 03 6:53Running 3 3:45v median −1:20
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Block 04 6:34Running 4 3:41v median −1:24
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Block 05 7:59Running 5 3:44v median −1:25
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Block 06 5:57Running 6 3:56v median −1:22
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Block 07 6:34Running 7 3:35v median −1:11
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Block 08 7:57Running 8 4:26v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 356
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 356 men who finished.