The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:16 at Taipei 2026 put Paul Cheng & Bersen Chou 265th of 527 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei gave the field time back: about 1:40 faster than the average race this season, by 202 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:07Running 1 5:41v median −0:22
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 5:09v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:27v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 5:06v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:28v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:30v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 5:40v median −0:05
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 5:48v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.