The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:37 at Beijing 2026 put 彦 宋 559th of 665 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:02 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Beijing gained about 2:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:08v median −0:27
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Block 02 10:14Running 2 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 03 13:38Running 3 5:31v median +0:04
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Block 04 16:56Running 4 5:42v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:48v median +0:08
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 5:13v median −0:13
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Block 07 14:46Running 7 5:38v median +0:06
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Block 08 20:38Running 8 6:55v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 642
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 642 men who finished.