The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Matthews finished 605th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:52:57.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:18 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:24 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:18Running 1 6:10v median +1:15
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Block 02 10:12Running 2 5:33v median +0:55
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 5:57v median +1:04
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Block 04 13:48Running 4 6:03v median +1:10
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Block 05 14:03Running 5 8:28v median +3:26
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:15v median +1:18
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:17v median +1:21
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Block 08 23:56Running 8 8:14v median +2:25
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.