The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:55 at Cardiff 2025 put Rhys Thomas 921st of 1,401 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:32 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:38 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:39v median −0:11
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 5:36v median +1:03
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:00v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 5:01v median +0:08
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:17v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:13v median +0:19
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:19v median +0:26
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Block 08 14:04Running 8 6:36v median +0:46
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.