The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2026, Stacey Smith crossed the line in 1:32:30: 286th of 646 women, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 69% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:30 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:02 behind the median.
That was 3:48 off the time at Birmingham 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:47Running 1 5:31v median −0:24
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:10v median −0:18
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 5:32v median −0:18
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 5:28v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:33v median −0:21
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 5:43v median −0:22
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:06v median −0:24
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 6:18v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 639
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 639 women who finished.