The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Isaac Pattinson finished 190th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:13:31, faster than 79% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 92% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:09 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 2:55, was faster than 85% of the field.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:09v median −0:56
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 3:51v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:24v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 4:09v median −0:55
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:10v median −1:00
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 4:46v median −0:33
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Block 07 7:43Running 7 3:49v median −0:58
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 4:45v median −1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:55
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.