The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2026, Archie Molloy crossed the line in 1:20:18: 361st of 913 men, faster than 61% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:28. The race faded late: the second half went 4:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:16 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:39v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:15v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 4:32v median −0:35
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 4:31v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:46v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 4:50v median −0:29
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Block 07 12:56Running 7 4:25v median −0:22
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 5:53v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:13
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.