The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:50 at Cardiff 2026 put Vishal Shah 498th of 913 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:12 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:40 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:53Running 1 5:05v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 4:43v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:01v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:52v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:03v median −0:16
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 4:30v median −0:17
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 5:12v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:56
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.