The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jassim Alali finished 626th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:33:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:00 behind the median.
The field ran 3:29 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Manchester 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:58v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 4:36v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 5:07v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:04v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 5:22v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 4:51v median +0:04
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 6:01v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:02
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.