The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:38 at Taipei 2026 put James Hsu 662nd of 852 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:43. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 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 12:20Running 1 6:41v median +1:11
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 5:49v median +0:48
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Block 03 12:51Running 3 6:28v median +1:04
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 6:19v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:40v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:39v median +1:05
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Block 07 15:16Running 7 6:39v median +1:04
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 9:24v median +3:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.