The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cardiff 2025, Dan Sykes crossed the line in 1:20:52: 635th of 1,401 men, faster than 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:37 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:10 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Cardiff. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:34v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:20v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:37v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 4:46v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:46v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:41v median −0:13
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 4:41v median −0:12
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Block 08 15:38Running 8 5:41v median −0:09
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.