The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:48 at Taipei 2026 put Shing Yan Polycarp Lau 639th of 852 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:52. The race faded late: the second half went 4:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei gave the field time back: about 2:43 faster than the average race this season, by 437 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 5:00v median −0:30
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 5:38v median +0:14
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Block 04 14:42Running 4 5:33v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:11v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 5:49v median +0:15
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 5:35v median +0:00
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Block 08 18:38Running 8 6:03v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:31
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.