The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:27 at Cardiff 2026 put Nick Emes 602nd of 913 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:58Running 2 6:31v median +1:49
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 6:47v median +1:40
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Block 04 12:53Running 4 6:54v median +1:50
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 7:24v median +2:14
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:36v median +0:17
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 4:52v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 6:04v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
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.