The race, in three figures
The race, in words
嵘 郑 took 2nd of 18 in the 50–54 age group at Hangzhou 2026, in 1:24:01.
The runs carried this race: faster than 89% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 60% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:51 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:07 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Hangzhou cost the whole field time: about 1:59 more than the average race this season, going by 322 athletes who raced both. That was 2:35 off the time at Beijing I 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 4:35v median −0:31
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:38v median −0:54
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 4:55v median −1:16
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:01v median −1:04
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:13v median −1:11
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:04v median −1:08
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:09v median −1:02
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 4:05v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 758
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 758 men who finished.