The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Kwiatkowski finished 1,045th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:32:05.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:07 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:30 better 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. 4:12 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:54v median +0:04
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 6:09v median +1:36
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 5:03v median +0:13
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Block 04 13:08Running 4 6:45v median +1:52
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:12v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 4:56v median +0:03
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 5:43v median −0:07
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.