The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alonso Chiang at Taipei 2026: 1:15:18, 82nd of 852 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:38 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 0:30 behind the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Taipei gained about 2:43. Alonso Chiang's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:16v median −1:14
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 3:39v median −1:22
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 3:48v median −1:36
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 3:53v median −1:30
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 3:51v median −1:51
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 3:59v median −1:35
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 3:59v median −1:36
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Block 08 10:45Running 8 4:19v median −2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 796
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 796 men who finished.