The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:03:34 at Cardiff 2025 put Shalinder Mathu 1,360th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:23 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. 8:03 faster than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:23Running 1 8:03v median +3:13
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 5:55v median +1:22
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Block 03 14:56Running 3 6:18v median +1:28
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Block 04 13:42Running 4 6:24v median +1:31
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Block 05 13:51Running 5 6:55v median +1:57
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 6:44v median +1:50
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Block 07 11:50Running 7 6:44v median +1:51
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Block 08 25:23Running 8 9:56v median +4:06
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.