The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Bacon finished 887th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:27:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:34 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. Richard Bacon's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 4:36v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 4:54v median +0:04
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 4:45v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:06v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:18v median +0:24
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 5:22v median +0:29
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Block 08 14:11Running 8 6:19v median +0:29
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.