The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Glover finished 680th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:36:10.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:23 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 5:26v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 4:52v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:23v median +0:16
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Block 04 14:12Running 4 5:25v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:20v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 5:30v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 5:14v median +0:27
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Block 08 16:35Running 8 6:21v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:17
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.