The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−2:00
v median
42/639
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
−0:02
v median
309/639
Rank
The race, in words
Mike McCarthy finished 366th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:25:28.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 1:59 faster at Cardiff 2025 than at Manchester 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:35v median −0:20
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 6:00v median +1:22
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 6:21v median +1:28
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 6:01v median +1:08
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 6:15v median +1:13
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 6:00v median +1:03
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 6:20v median +1:24
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 5:44v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
2:24
2:03
0:21
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:27
0:07
0:20
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:22
0:03
0:19
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:26
0:12
0:14
B5 · 1000m Row
0:44
0:13
0:31
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:01
0:30
0:31
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:05
0:28
0:37
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 1
Finish · 2:13 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Mike McCarthy
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIB56
Measured against
Men · n = 639