The race, in three figures
The race, in words
KJ Hsieh finished 565th of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:45:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:39 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:37 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:16Running 1 5:24v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 4:45v median −0:16
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Block 03 12:26Running 3 5:11v median −0:13
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Block 04 14:49Running 4 5:21v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:11v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:37v median +0:02
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 6:15v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:12
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.