The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Smithson finished 882nd of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:26:57.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:21 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:40 better against the middle of the field 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 10:33Running 1 5:28v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 6:14v median +1:41
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 4:58v median +0:08
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 5:05v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:51v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:01v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:59v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:58v median +0:08
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.