The race, in three figures
The race, in words
BENJAMIN LIN finished 299th of 343 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:58:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 15:25, behind 97% of the field.
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 12:06Running 1 6:13v median +0:59
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 5:43v median +0:52
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 6:00v median +0:47
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Block 04 13:29Running 4 5:50v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 5:52v median +0:25
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Block 06 10:54Running 6 6:29v median +1:09
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Block 07 14:38Running 7 6:31v median +1:10
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Block 08 17:48Running 8 9:08v median +3:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:25
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.