The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Aaron Rufus crossed the line in 1:11:49: 248th of 1,401 men, faster than 82% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:50 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:28 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races. That was 2:56 off the time at Glasgow 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:26v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 4:30v median −0:20
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 4:35v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:33v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:32v median −0:22
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:32v median −0:21
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Block 08 10:20Running 8 5:23v median −0:27
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.