The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian Swift finished 781st of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:44:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:09Running 1 5:28v median +0:23
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Block 02 9:22Running 2 5:09v median +0:27
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Block 03 12:27Running 3 5:26v median +0:19
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Block 04 14:05Running 4 5:26v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:34v median +0:24
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 5:50v median +0:31
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 5:14v median +0:27
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Block 08 18:51Running 8 6:22v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.