The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Pickering finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 1:05:01 for 38th of 913 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:16 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:01 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 2:43, ahead of 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. William Pickering's fastest of 5 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:05v median −1:00
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 3:46v median −0:56
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Block 03 7:31Running 3 3:57v median −1:10
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 3:58v median −1:06
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 3:58v median −1:12
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:07v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:17Running 7 3:50v median −0:57
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Block 08 9:18Running 8 4:43v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 905
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 905 men who finished.