The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:02 at Beijing 2026 put John Poon 637th of 665 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:22 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:00 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:02 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 11:00Running 1 5:44v median +1:09
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Block 02 12:59Running 2 6:54v median +1:54
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Block 03 16:10Running 3 7:58v median +2:31
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Block 04 18:41Running 4 8:07v median +2:43
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Block 05 14:46Running 5 8:30v median +2:50
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Block 06 11:47Running 6 8:20v median +2:54
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 9:34v median +4:02
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Block 08 26:27Running 8 10:46v median +4:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:50
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.