The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Francis finished in the top 10% of the field at Cardiff 2025, in 1:06:16 for 85th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:06 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:01 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:36 slower at Cardiff 2025 than at Warsaw 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:38v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:09v median −0:24
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 4:11v median −0:39
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:10v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:40Running 5 4:17v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:13v median −0:41
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:13v median −0:40
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Block 08 8:59Running 8 5:18v median −0:32
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.