The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Davies finished 1,401st of 1,401 men in the Open division at Cardiff 2025, in 2:51:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 16:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 23:37 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:01Running 1 7:55v median +3:05
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 7:16v median +2:43
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Block 03 15:31Running 3 7:24v median +2:34
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Block 04 27:41Running 4 8:52v median +3:59
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Block 05 14:38Running 5 9:03v median +4:05
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Block 06 12:50Running 6 9:31v median +4:37
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Block 07 31:49Running 7 10:04v median +5:11
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Block 08 33:23Running 8 16:11v median +10:21
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.