The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Stirling finished 1,218th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 1:40:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:28 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 10:00Running 1 5:28v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 5:12v median +0:39
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 5:21v median +0:31
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Block 04 14:22Running 4 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:35v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:30v median +0:36
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Block 07 14:44Running 7 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 08 16:25Running 8 7:13v median +1:23
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.