The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:18:23 at Cardiff 2025 put Mark Parsons 637th of 639 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 14:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 21:12 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 12:28Running 1 6:29v median +1:34
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 5:59v median +1:21
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Block 03 13:39Running 3 6:13v median +1:20
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Block 04 18:44Running 4 6:47v median +1:54
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Block 05 13:54Running 5 7:07v median +2:05
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 6:33v median +1:36
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Block 07 21:55Running 7 6:30v median +1:34
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Block 08 31:35Running 8 10:33v median +4:44
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.