The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Davies finished 951st of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:28:45.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:28. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races. That was 13:55 off the time at Glasgow 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:56v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:11v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 5:18v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:18v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:23v median +0:29
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 5:29v median +0:36
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 6:34v median +0:44
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.