The race, in three figures
The race, in words
MING SHAN GAO & JiaYuan Liu finished in the top 10% of the field at Taipei 2026, in 1:09:57 for 55th of 527 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 1:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 6:13, ahead of 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Taipei gained about 1:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 5:07v median −0:56
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:26v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:57v median −0:32
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 4:33v median −1:04
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 5:03v median −0:42
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 4:39v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 4:42v median −1:03
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Block 08 9:51Running 8 5:30v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 362
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 362 men's teams who finished.