The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Royston Tan finished 576th of 760 men in the Open division at Hangzhou 2026, in 1:56:07.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:53 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 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 7:45 off the time at Osaka 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:55Running 1 6:31v median +1:25
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Block 02 12:08Running 2 6:57v median +1:25
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Block 03 14:42Running 3 7:17v median +1:06
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 7:25v median +1:20
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Block 05 12:57Running 5 7:27v median +1:03
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 7:24v median +1:12
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Block 07 13:54Running 7 7:32v median +1:21
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Block 08 18:36Running 8 6:21v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.