The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Hogan finished 629th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:33:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse 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 9:42Running 1 5:19v median +0:14
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 6:47v median +2:05
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:27v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 5:42v median +0:38
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 6:18v median +1:08
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 6:07v median +0:48
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 5:30v median +0:43
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 6:55v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
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.