The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Declan Treanor finished 501st of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:17:35, faster than 64% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:04 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:25. A harder second half: 5:26 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. 7:16 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:11v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:09v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 4:17v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 4:13v median −0:40
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:35v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:30v median +0:36
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 5:31v median +0:38
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 4:45v median −1:05
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.