The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Sadler finished 911th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:27:38.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:28. The race faded late: the second half went 3:07 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 10:11Running 1 5:22v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:50v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:03v median +0:13
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:15v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:29Running 7 5:15v median +0:22
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Block 08 13:57Running 8 6:06v median +0:16
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.