The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nathan Cameron took 3rd of 18 in the 50–54 age group at Cardiff 2026, in 1:18:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:45 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:28 behind the median.
The field ran 7:10 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:52v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:22v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:33v median −0:32
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 4:31v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 4:39v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 4:43v median −0:35
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 4:21v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 5:35v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:25
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.