The race, in three figures
The race, in words
国庆 蔡 finished 1,258th of 1,284 men in the Open division at Shenzhen 2026, in 2:32:45.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 11:06. The race faded late: the second half went 1:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:57Running 1 5:25v median +1:32
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Block 02 19:10Running 2 12:50v median +7:57
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Block 03 16:45Running 3 6:34v median +1:20
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Block 04 20:12Running 4 6:21v median +1:09
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 6:39v median +1:18
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 6:11v median +0:54
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Block 07 23:44Running 7 6:47v median +1:27
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Block 08 27:13Running 8 7:57v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:35
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.