The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Shawcross finished 316th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:13:26, faster than 77% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:47 on the median. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:44 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff cost the whole field time: about 1:50 more than the average race this season, going by 1,549 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:29v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:31v median +0:58
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:35v median −0:15
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 4:32v median −0:21
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Block 05 8:57Running 5 4:29v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:22v median −0:32
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 4:15v median −0:38
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:07v median −0:43
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.