The race, in three figures
The race, in words
筝 侯 finished 578th of 665 men in the Open division at Beijing 2026, in 1:59:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 15:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 17:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Beijing ran fast: the 546 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:56 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 3:42v median −0:53
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 4:18v median −0:42
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Block 03 13:01Running 3 4:50v median −0:37
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Block 04 15:19Running 4 4:52v median −0:32
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 5:20v median −0:20
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 4:52v median −0:34
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Block 07 15:35Running 7 4:43v median −0:49
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Block 08 29:12Running 8 6:26v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.