The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Bird finished 708th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:22:24.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:24. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 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. 5:38 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 4:44v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:25v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 4:42v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 4:46v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:56v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 4:50v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 4:49v median −0:04
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 5:32v median −0:18
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.