The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for brett Thompson at Cardiff 2026: 1:08:12, 38th of 365 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:08 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 4:00 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:33v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:10v median −0:32
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Block 03 7:27Running 3 4:22v median −0:43
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Block 04 8:29Running 4 4:24v median −0:41
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:31v median −0:38
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:47v median −0:31
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Block 07 8:02Running 7 4:19v median −0:27
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 5:25v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:53
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.