The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Jelley finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2026, in 1:08:58 for 95th of 913 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:44 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 2:46, was faster than 91% of the field.
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 8:29Running 1 4:06v median −0:59
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 3:42v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:53Running 3 4:00v median −1:07
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 3:54v median −1:10
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:00v median −1:10
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:13v median −1:06
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 3:46v median −1:01
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 4:33v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:46
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.