The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wayne Nien finished 701st of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:57:11.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:18. The race faded late: the second half went 6:20 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 10:49Running 1 5:43v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:23v median +0:22
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 6:03v median +0:39
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Block 04 14:09Running 4 6:02v median +0:39
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Block 05 12:26Running 5 6:54v median +1:12
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Block 06 11:05Running 6 6:59v median +1:25
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Block 07 17:28Running 7 6:16v median +0:41
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 7:23v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:16
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.