The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martyn Gray finished 1,169th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:37:22.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:33 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 9:40Running 1 4:49v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:21v median +1:48
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 7:03v median +2:13
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 5:18v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:44v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:12v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 5:45v median +0:52
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 7:19v median +1:29
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.