The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Ollie Bower crossed the line in 1:16:48: 477th of 1,401 men, faster than 66% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:54 on the median. A harder second half: 4:07 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:17v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:01v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 4:18v median −0:32
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 4:06v median −0:47
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:40v median +0:42
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:45v median +0:51
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 08 11:49Running 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.