The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Richardson finished 277th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:12:37, faster than 80% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:35 on the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. 0:37 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:30v median −0:20
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 4:11v median −0:22
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:25v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 4:28v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:34v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:25v median −0:29
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:28v median −0:25
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 8:49v median +2:59
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.