The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Bale finished 487th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:25:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:09 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Manchester 2026 were 3:29 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 9:28Running 1 4:56v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 4:28v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 4:45v median −0:22
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:45v median −0:19
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:32v median +1:22
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 4:57v median −0:22
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 6:06v median +1:19
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Block 08 16:35Running 8 9:03v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:35
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.