The race, in three figures
Field beaten
81%
Runs
64%
Stations
Biggest gain
80m Burpee Broad Jump
−1:06
v median
238/913
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+0:16
v median
496/913
Rank
The race, in words
Ben Blowes finished 231st of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:14:55, faster than 75% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:06 on the median.
The field ran 1:16 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:46v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:17v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 4:23v median −0:44
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 4:18v median −0:46
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:26v median −0:44
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:30v median −0:49
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 4:19v median −0:28
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 5:19v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:01
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:31
0:10
0:21
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:24
0:09
0:15
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:19
0:04
0:15
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:19
0:10
0:09
B5 · 1000m Row
0:42
0:12
0:30
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:00
0:00
0:00
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:50
0:24
0:26
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 8:49 ahead
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1596
Measured against
Men · n = 913