The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sam Grant at Cardiff 2025: 1:06:31, 95th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:12 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff cost the whole field time: about 1:50 more than the average race this season, going by 1,549 athletes who raced both. 0:54 faster than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 4:05v median −0:45
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:47v median −0:46
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Block 03 8:24Running 3 4:03v median −0:47
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 3:57v median −0:56
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:00v median −0:58
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Block 06 5:36Running 6 3:51v median −1:03
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Block 07 7:04Running 7 3:57v median −0:56
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 4:33v median −1:17
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.