The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joseph Strain won the 16–24 age group at Cardiff 2025 in 59:53, first of 172.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races. That was 1:37 off the time at Glasgow 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:51Running 1 3:39v median −1:11
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 3:27v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:19Running 3 3:38v median −1:12
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 3:36v median −1:17
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Block 05 7:52Running 5 3:37v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:22Running 6 3:39v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:03Running 7 3:43v median −1:10
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Block 08 7:51Running 8 4:06v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1393
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,393 men who finished.