The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Beck finished 924th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:27:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:37 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. That was 0:53 off the time at Amsterdam 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 4:40v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:47v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:05v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 5:21v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:29v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:44v median +0:50
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 6:24v median +0:34
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.