The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:09 at Cardiff 2025 put Mark Almond 1,271st of 1,401 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:27. The race faded late: the second half went 5:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Cardiff. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:50. 2:50 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:25v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 5:50v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:52v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:39v median +0:45
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 5:57v median +1:04
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Block 08 19:55Running 8 7:41v median +1:51
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.