The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:31:36 at Cardiff 2025 put Mark Farrell 1,397th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 17:21 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:37Running 1 6:14v median +1:24
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Block 02 13:38Running 2 7:23v median +2:50
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Block 03 18:15Running 3 7:49v median +2:59
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Block 04 18:28Running 4 7:46v median +2:53
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Block 05 13:50Running 5 7:52v median +2:54
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Block 06 16:10Running 6 10:44v median +5:50
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Block 07 22:53Running 7 8:12v median +3:19
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Block 08 28:06Running 8 12:13v median +6:23
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.