The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Desmond Goh finished 718th of 852 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 2:00:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 12:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:56 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Taipei ran fast: the 437 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:43 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 5:37v median +0:07
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 6:08v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 5:48v median +0:25
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Block 05 12:21Running 5 6:42v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:20v median +0:46
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 6:42v median +1:07
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Block 08 27:20Running 8 20:52v median +14:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:56
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.