The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:08:31 at Hangzhou 2026 put Nico Van Slyke 662nd of 760 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:26. The race faded late: the second half went 6:13 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:42Running 1 8:11v median +3:05
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 7:09v median +1:37
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Block 03 15:20Running 3 8:39v median +2:28
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 6:44v median +0:39
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 7:40v median +1:16
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Block 06 18:20Running 6 16:06v median +9:54
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Block 07 17:31Running 7 9:22v median +3:11
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 9:04v median +3:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.