The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ash Smith finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2025, in 1:07:36 for 40th of 639 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Cardiff. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 4:16v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 4:00v median −0:38
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:16v median −0:37
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:06v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:16v median −0:46
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Block 06 5:54Running 6 4:13v median −0:44
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:07v median −0:49
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Block 08 9:31Running 8 4:52v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
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.