The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:39 at Taipei 2026 put Alex Kao 294th of 343 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:51Running 1 6:10v median +0:56
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Block 02 10:30Running 2 5:30v median +0:39
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 6:13v median +1:00
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 6:27v median +1:13
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:56v median +1:29
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Block 06 11:05Running 6 7:48v median +2:28
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Block 07 15:11Running 7 9:52v median +4:31
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Block 08 22:04Running 8 14:28v median +8:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.