The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Po-Cheng Liao finished 315th of 343 men in the Open division at Taipei 2026, in 2:08:34.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 19:22 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 12:50Running 1 7:09v median +1:55
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Block 02 10:26Running 2 6:02v median +1:11
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Block 03 13:16Running 3 6:11v median +0:58
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 6:10v median +0:56
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 6:57v median +1:30
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Block 06 12:27Running 6 9:33v median +4:13
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Block 07 20:51Running 7 7:53v median +2:32
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Block 08 23:44Running 8 13:24v median +7:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:23
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.