The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:43 at Taipei 2026 put 祥麟 宋 295th of 852 men in the Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:01. The race faded late: the second half went 8:30 worse 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 9:35Running 1 4:53v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:14v median −0:47
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 4:29v median −0:55
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 4:30v median −0:53
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:45v median −0:57
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:41v median −0:53
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 4:34v median −1:01
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 5:36v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.