The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:33 at Cardiff 2025 put Paul Shields 1,339th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:33. The race faded late: the second half went 10:04 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:48Running 1 5:33v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:56v median +0:23
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 5:40v median +0:50
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Block 04 15:22Running 4 5:41v median +0:48
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 5:52v median +0:54
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Block 06 14:01Running 6 10:42v median +5:48
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 5:39v median +0:46
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Block 08 20:10Running 8 6:50v median +1:00
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.