The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jake Messer finished 267th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:20:14, faster than 58% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:11 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:12 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:47 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Cardiff. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:50. That was 6:38 off the time at Glasgow 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:12v median −0:43
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:21v median +0:43
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:37v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:20v median −0:37
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:19v median −0:37
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 5:37v median −0:12
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.