The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Traw finished 1,090th of 1,284 men in the Open division at Shenzhen 2026, in 1:58:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Shenzhen ran fast: the 416 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:13 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 4:44v median +0:51
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:34v median +0:41
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 5:59v median +0:45
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Block 04 16:32Running 4 6:01v median +0:49
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:30v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:15v median +0:58
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Block 07 19:11Running 7 5:57v median +0:37
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Block 08 21:00Running 8 8:10v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:12
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.