The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, David Gibson crossed the line in 1:19:58: 604th of 1,401 men, faster than 57% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:47 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:11 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:23 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races. 0:17 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 4:49v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:24v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 4:44v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:48v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:44v median −0:10
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 4:40v median −0:13
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 5:27v median −0:23
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.