The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellis Williams finished 250th of 365 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:30:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:06 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:45 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 10:09Running 1 5:04v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 4:27v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:09v median +0:04
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 5:15v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:41v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:20v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 4:43v median −0:03
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 6:06v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:45
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.