The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
1000m Row
−0:07
v median
509/1401
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+0:48
v median
898/1401
Rank
The race, in words
1:23:32 at Cardiff 2025 put Sam Penman 765th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:48. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:03Running 1 4:36v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:36v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:50v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:49v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 4:57v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 4:49v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:35Running 8 6:00v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:27
0:07
0:20
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:26
0:07
0:19
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:32
0:02
0:30
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:44
0:18
0:26
B5 · 1000m Row
1:11
0:18
0:53
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:09
0:41
0:28
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:30
0:42
0:48
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 1
Finish · 1:15 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Sam Penman
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIB55
Measured against
Men · n = 1401