The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2026, Thomas Jennings crossed the line in 1:22:08: 406th of 913 men, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:32 on the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:11.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:50Running 1 4:26v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:12v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:44v median −0:23
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 4:39v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:51v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 4:59v median −0:20
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 4:28v median −0:19
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 5:32v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:02
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.