The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:53 at Taipei 2026 put Michael Wang on the age-group podium: 3rd of 15 in the 55–59 age group.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:19 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:01 behind the median.
Taipei ran fast: the 437 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:43 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 5:07v median −0:23
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:41v median −0:20
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Block 03 12:21Running 3 4:50v median −0:34
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Block 04 9:31Running 4 5:01v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:03v median −0:39
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:14v median −0:20
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 5:00v median −0:35
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 5:39v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.