The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:55 at Taipei 2026 put Tzu-Cheng Kao 373rd of 852 men in the Open division, ahead of 56% of the field.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:00. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:24 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 9:49Running 1 5:08v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 4:52v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 4:59v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:05v median −0:18
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:23v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 07 12:29Running 7 5:35v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 5:43v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.