The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Buckland finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2025, in 1:03:58 for 40th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:01 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:00v median −0:50
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 3:38v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 3:49v median −1:01
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 3:53v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 3:50v median −1:08
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 3:44v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 3:52v median −1:01
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Block 08 9:10Running 8 4:25v median −1:25
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.