The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian O’Donoghue finished 168th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:15:34, faster than 74% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:50 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:55 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 5:08v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:31v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:43v median −0:10
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:44v median −0:18
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:37v median −0:20
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:44v median −0:12
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 5:22v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 633
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 633 men who finished.