The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Smith took 3rd of 255 in the 35–39 age group at Cardiff 2025, in 1:00:49.
The wall balls were the standout, 2:59 quicker than the median and 19th of 1,401. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:16 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. 2:19 faster than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:13v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 3:47v median −0:46
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Block 03 7:05Running 3 3:44v median −1:06
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 3:43v median −1:10
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Block 05 7:54Running 5 3:42v median −1:16
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 3:41v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 3:35v median −1:18
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Block 08 8:01Running 8 4:13v median −1:37
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.