The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:16 at Hangzhou 2026 put Nigel Essex 394th of 760 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:07 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:25 off the time at Sydney 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:11v median +0:05
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 5:10v median −0:22
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:32v median −0:39
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 5:33v median −0:32
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 5:50v median −0:34
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 5:53v median −0:19
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Block 07 13:50Running 7 6:04v median −0:07
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Block 08 17:34Running 8 5:05v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.