The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:14 at Cardiff 2026 put Sam Burton 270th of 365 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:03 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:29 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Manchester 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 5:07v median +0:02
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 4:55v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:40v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:45v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:01v median +0:15
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Block 08 14:22Running 8 6:42v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
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.