The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James McChrystal finished 711th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:39:10.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:32 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:45 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:09Running 1 6:06v median +1:01
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:43v median +1:01
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 6:34v median +1:27
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 6:22v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:49v median +1:39
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 6:58v median +1:39
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Block 07 12:29Running 7 6:19v median +1:32
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Block 08 16:38Running 8 8:15v median +2:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:07
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.