The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:34 at Cardiff 2026 put Gethin Jones 606th of 913 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:32. The race faded late: the second half went 4:14 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 9:37Running 1 4:47v median −0:18
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 4:33v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:06v median −0:01
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 4:50v median −0:14
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 4:55v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:02v median −0:17
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 4:38v median −0:09
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 5:48v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:20
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.