The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fang Chen finished 278th of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:28:04, faster than 67% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:09 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the SkiErg, 0:34 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:03 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Taipei gained about 2:43.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:08Running 1 5:39v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:39v median −0:22
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 4:46v median −0:38
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 4:32v median −0:51
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 4:45v median −0:57
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 4:42v median −0:52
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 4:36v median −0:59
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Block 08 11:58Running 8 5:22v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.