The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Soon Thung Tiew finished 218th of 343 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:38:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 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 11:08Running 1 6:13v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 5:42v median +0:51
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 6:03v median +0:50
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 6:05v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:13v median +0:46
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 6:08v median +0:48
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Block 07 13:21Running 7 6:06v median +0:45
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 6:26v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.