The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeffrey Chin Hou Ng finished 602nd of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:47:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 7:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:51Running 1 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:00v median −0:24
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 5:11v median −0:12
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:40v median −0:02
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:56v median +0:22
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Block 07 19:32Running 7 6:25v median +0:50
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Block 08 16:37Running 8 5:57v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.