The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:53 at Cardiff 2026 put Kumbirai Mafini 797th of 913 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:39 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 12:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:28v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:26v median −0:16
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 5:15v median +0:08
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Block 04 15:03Running 4 4:48v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:02v median −0:08
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Block 06 10:15Running 6 5:20v median +0:01
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Block 07 17:52Running 7 8:10v median +3:23
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Block 08 18:07Running 8 7:24v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
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.