The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Smith finished 1,384th of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 2:13:34.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 12:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cardiff ran slow: the 1,549 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 slower here than at their other races. That was 58:29 off the time at Madrid 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:18Running 1 6:16v median +1:26
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Block 02 11:05Running 2 6:11v median +1:38
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Block 03 15:30Running 3 6:48v median +1:58
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Block 04 17:36Running 4 7:06v median +2:13
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Block 05 14:06Running 5 7:50v median +2:52
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Block 06 12:11Running 6 7:12v median +2:18
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Block 07 17:19Running 7 7:23v median +2:30
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Block 08 25:19Running 8 12:03v median +6:13
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.