The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:44 at Cardiff 2026 put John Paul O'Reilly 818th of 913 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 28% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 4:48 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:00 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:39Running 1 4:33v median −0:32
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Block 02 14:46Running 2 7:38v median +2:56
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Block 03 15:41Running 3 6:13v median +1:06
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 5:26v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:32v median +0:22
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Block 06 11:30Running 6 5:39v median +0:20
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 5:00v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 6:11v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:46
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.