The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:45 at Beijing 2026 put 喜庆 李 171st of 369 men in the Open division, ahead of 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Beijing gave the field time back: about 2:56 faster than the average race this season, by 546 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:03v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:14v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 4:41v median −0:27
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 4:35v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 4:54v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 4:42v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:25v median +0:14
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Block 08 17:21Running 8 11:17v median +5:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 353
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 353 men who finished.