The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Andrew Taylor crossed the line in 1:14:46: 383rd of 1,401 men, faster than 73% of the field.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:13 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:04. A harder second half: 2:01 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. An improvement of 0:51 on Glasgow 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:36v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:22v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:33v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:37v median −0:21
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Block 06 5:58Running 6 4:32v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 4:42v median −0:11
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Block 08 13:16Running 8 5:25v median −0:25
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.