The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul O’Connell finished 1,215th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:40:03.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:59. The race faded late: the second half went 3:56 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:44v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:18v median +0:45
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 5:49v median +0:51
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:43v median +0:50
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Block 08 19:30Running 8 6:44v median +0:54
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.