The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chi Kit Yip finished 371st of 1,284 men in the Open division at Shenzhen 2026, in 1:25:12, faster than 71% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Shenzhen gave the field time back: about 3:13 faster than the average race this season, by 416 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:21v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 3:53v median −1:00
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 4:10v median −1:04
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 4:19v median −0:53
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:29v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:17v median −1:00
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 4:13v median −1:07
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 4:31v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1277
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,277 men who finished.