The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Pickering finished 501st of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:35:03.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:11Running 1 5:39v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 4:49v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:52v median −0:01
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 4:53v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 4:54v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 08 19:28Running 8 6:15v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
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.