The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:33 at Cardiff 2026 put Michael Benwell 492nd of 913 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:18 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:01Running 1 5:33v median +0:28
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:55v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:36v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 5:23v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:41v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:53v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:11v median +0:24
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 6:22v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:49
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.