The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Whitehorne finished 140th of 365 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:18:35, faster than 62% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:05 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:51v median −0:14
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 5:54v median +1:12
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:12v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:32v median −0:14
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Block 08 11:23Running 8 5:49v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:23
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.