The race, in three figures
The race, in words
民 艾 finished 940th of 1,267 men in the Open division at Beijing I 2026, in 1:52:42.
A station race more than a running one: 39% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 17:23 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 I gained about 2:09.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 5:13v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:55v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:14v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 5:32v median +0:21
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Block 05 12:56Running 5 7:30v median +2:01
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 8:25v median +3:08
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Block 07 17:43Running 7 9:04v median +3:45
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Block 08 18:40Running 8 9:01v median +2:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,258 men who finished.