The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alec Martin finished 623rd of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:32:54.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cardiff gained about 0:39. Alec Martin's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:45v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 4:25v median −0:17
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 5:03v median −0:04
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:06v median −0:04
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 5:23v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:55v median +0:08
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Block 08 15:12Running 8 6:02v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:03
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.