The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nik Binning finished 534th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:18:22, faster than 62% of the field.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:43 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff cost the whole field time: about 1:50 more than the average race this season, going by 1,549 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 31:03 on Madrid 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:38v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 4:30v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 6:14v median +1:24
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 4:44v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:03v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:05v median +0:12
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 6:04v median +0:14
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.