The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Gray finished 1,000th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:30:25.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:43 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:16. A harder second half: 4:18 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 5:13v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 5:08v median +0:35
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:31v median +0:41
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:37v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 6:06v median +1:08
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:52v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:29v median +0:36
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 7:09v median +1:19
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.