The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Stone finished 726th of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:40:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:00Running 1 4:52v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:23v median −0:19
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Block 03 12:26Running 3 5:18v median +0:11
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 4:51v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 4:58v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:15v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 4:49v median +0:02
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Block 08 23:04Running 8 5:52v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
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.