The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dan Rees finished 822nd of 913 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2026, in 1:49:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,764 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:36Running 1 6:29v median +1:24
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 5:54v median +1:12
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 6:35v median +1:28
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 6:33v median +1:29
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:14v median +1:04
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Block 06 9:42Running 6 6:49v median +1:30
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Block 07 16:50Running 7 6:05v median +1:18
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Block 08 17:56Running 8 7:33v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.