The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:10 at Manchester 2026 put Ben Holmes 1,040th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Cardiff 2025 were 2:39 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 8:11Running 1 3:18v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:47v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:26v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:57v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 5:45v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 5:27v median −0:01
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Block 08 18:39Running 8 5:16v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.