The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:56 at Taipei 2026 put Simon Stockford 641st of 852 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Taipei ran fast: the 437 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:43 quicker here than at their other races. Simon Stockford's fastest of 5 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:59Running 1 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 5:45v median +0:21
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 5:43v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:06v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:10v median +0:36
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Block 07 14:41Running 7 6:21v median +0:46
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Block 08 19:12Running 8 7:00v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.