The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
80m Burpee Broad Jump
−2:46
v median
4/639
Rank
Biggest loss
200m Farmers Carry
−0:22
v median
94/639
Rank
The race, in words
Marc Bloomfield took 3rd of 133 in the 35–39 age group at Cardiff 2025, in 1:01:05.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:38 faster at Cardiff 2025 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:44v median −1:11
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:46v median +0:08
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Block 03 7:20Running 3 3:43v median −1:10
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Block 04 6:55Running 4 3:45v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:47Running 5 3:46v median −1:16
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:48v median −1:09
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Block 07 6:47Running 7 3:53v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:29Running 8 4:27v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:23
0:05
0:18
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:21
0:06
0:15
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:14
0:01
0:13
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:14
0:08
0:06
B5 · 1000m Row
0:37
0:11
0:26
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:39
0:21
0:18
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:39
0:19
0:20
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 633
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 633 men who finished.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 22:10 ahead
Elsewhere
Other races by Marc Bloomfield
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIB56
Measured against
Men · n = 639