The race, in three figures
The race, in words
SangHyun Paek finished 102nd of 343 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:23:40, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 1:46.
Taipei gave the field time back: about 2:43 faster than the average race this season, by 437 athletes who raced both. 0:39 slower than at Yokohama 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:47v median −0:27
-
Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:10v median −0:41
-
Block 03 10:04Running 3 4:18v median −0:55
-
Block 04 9:43Running 4 4:31v median −0:43
-
Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:34v median −0:53
-
Block 06 8:45Running 6 4:29v median −0:51
-
Block 07 9:27Running 7 4:29v median −0:52
-
Block 08 13:15Running 8 4:41v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 341
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 341 men who finished.