The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−0:52
v median
195/639
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+1:04
v median
514/639
Rank
The race, in words
Greg Brookes finished 531st of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:38:20.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:52 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:04.
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 9:48Running 1 5:21v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 6:38v median +2:00
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 7:13v median +2:20
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 7:14v median +2:21
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 7:08v median +2:06
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 7:17v median +2:20
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Block 07 12:47Running 7 6:57v median +2:01
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 7:41v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:32
0:08
0:24
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:47
0:10
0:37
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:26
0:04
0:22
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:50
0:24
0:26
B5 · 1000m Row
1:05
0:23
0:42
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:01
0:33
0:28
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:32
0:42
0:50
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 15:05 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Greg Brookes
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIB56
Measured against
Men · n = 639