The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:32
v median
1299/1401
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+7:08
v median
1351/1401
Rank
The race, in words
1:49:48 at Cardiff 2025 put Matthew Shoard 1,312th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 7:08 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:00 slower at Cardiff 2025 than at London 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:51Running 1 5:47v median +0:57
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:22v median +0:49
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 5:46v median +0:56
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Block 04 16:09Running 4 6:02v median +1:09
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 6:28v median +1:30
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 6:15v median +1:21
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 6:17v median +1:24
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Block 08 21:59Running 8 8:04v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:30
0:07
0:23
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:31
0:13
0:18
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:28
0:02
0:26
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:45
0:20
0:25
B5 · 1000m Row
1:01
0:17
0:44
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:15
0:38
0:37
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:30
0:41
0:49
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 27:31 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Cardiff 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIB55
Measured against
Men · n = 1401