The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:24 at Riga 2026 put Han Lin on the age-group podium: 2nd of 28 in the 40–44 age group.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 57% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:48 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Riga gave the field time back: about 1:05 faster than the average race this season, by 149 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 2:36 on Shanghai 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 4:19v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 3:45v median −0:36
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:06v median −0:36
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 4:10v median −0:30
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:05v median −0:36
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:13v median −0:25
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Block 07 8:16Running 7 4:12v median −0:31
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 4:07v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 224
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 224 men who finished.