The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Sam Reid crossed the line in 1:13:21: 310th of 1,401 men, faster than 78% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff cost the whole field time: about 1:50 more than the average race this season, going by 1,549 athletes who raced both. 1:48 slower than at Malaga 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:14v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 3:57v median −0:36
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 3:58v median −0:52
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 4:10v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 4:10v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:03Running 6 4:11v median −0:43
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Block 07 8:30Running 7 4:16v median −0:37
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 4:55v median −0:55
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.