The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Carpenter finished 688th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:37:30.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:27. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:22 better 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 9:33Running 1 4:31v median −0:34
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:20v median −0:22
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Block 03 14:22Running 3 6:15v median +1:08
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Block 04 14:12Running 4 5:22v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:20v median +0:10
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 5:37v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:00v median +0:13
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 6:17v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.