The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ying-Chi Meng finished 695th of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:56:37.
On the sled push the field had the edge, by 3:08. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:07Running 1 5:50v median +0:20
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Block 02 11:32Running 2 4:53v median −0:08
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Block 03 14:00Running 3 5:54v median +0:30
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Block 04 12:52Running 4 6:02v median +0:39
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 5:56v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:40v median +0:06
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Block 07 13:26Running 7 5:47v median +0:12
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Block 08 20:29Running 8 12:31v median +6:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:29
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.