The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Bladen finished 628th of 639 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 2:06:32.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:06 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:01 better against the middle of the field 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:23Running 1 10:07v median +5:12
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 7:01v median +2:23
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Block 03 14:31Running 3 8:13v median +3:20
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Block 04 18:17Running 4 8:15v median +3:22
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Block 05 14:14Running 5 8:25v median +3:23
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Block 06 10:37Running 6 7:59v median +3:02
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 8:15v median +3:19
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Block 08 20:03Running 8 10:18v median +4:29
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.