The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:04 at Taipei 2026 put Po An Chen 745th of 852 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 10:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:13Running 1 5:47v median +0:17
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Block 02 11:24Running 2 6:36v median +1:35
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Block 03 14:44Running 3 6:51v median +1:27
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 6:19v median +0:56
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Block 05 16:06Running 5 10:07v median +4:25
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Block 06 12:57Running 6 9:32v median +3:58
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 7:21v median +1:46
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Block 08 18:24Running 8 10:15v median +3:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:44
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.