The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Williams finished 509th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:35:52.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:35. The race faded late: the second half went 4:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:18Running 1 5:37v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:09v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:20v median +0:27
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:24v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:33v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:31v median +0:34
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 5:34v median +0:38
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 7:49v median +2:00
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.