The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Shopin Matsuyama & Zhijie Yu at Hong Kong 2026: 1:08:24, 29th of 342 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:42 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:44 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:25, was faster than 89% of the field.
Hong Kong gave the field time back: about 1:04 faster than the average race this season, by 489 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:09Running 1 3:00v median −1:17
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Block 02 5:52Running 2 4:01v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 4:21v median −0:58
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Block 04 6:49Running 4 4:06v median −1:14
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:23v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:11v median −1:11
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Block 07 7:03Running 7 4:09v median −1:14
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Block 08 9:29Running 8 5:24v median −2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 341
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 341 mixed teams who finished.