The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vick Wong finished 248th of 343 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:43:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:58Running 1 5:46v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 4:57v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:10v median −0:03
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 5:17v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:44v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 5:26v median +0:06
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Block 07 14:29Running 7 5:27v median +0:06
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Block 08 15:48Running 8 7:05v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.