The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ade Podbury finished 705th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:22:23.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:06. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 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 8:59Running 1 4:24v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 3:55v median −0:38
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:07v median −0:43
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:28v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:29v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:17v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:33v median +0:40
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 4:57v median −0:53
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.