The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Rob Hall crossed the line in 1:16:44: 472nd of 1,401 men, faster than 66% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:13 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:32 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:19 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:15v median −0:18
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 4:19v median −0:31
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 4:23v median −0:30
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:26v median −0:32
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:20v median −0:34
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 4:23v median −0:30
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Block 08 10:36Running 8 5:02v median −0:48
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.