The race, in three figures
The race, in words
49:26 won the Doubles Open division at Taipei 2026 for James Kelly & Matt Slee, first of 245 men's teams.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:53 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:32, was faster than 99% of the field.
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 7:05Running 1 3:36v median −2:20
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Block 02 4:28Running 2 3:08v median −2:11
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Block 03 5:25Running 3 3:17v median −2:23
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Block 04 5:25Running 4 3:16v median −2:25
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Block 05 6:57Running 5 3:18v median −2:36
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Block 06 4:30Running 6 3:16v median −2:27
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Block 07 5:22Running 7 3:16v median −2:34
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Block 08 6:49Running 8 3:15v median −2:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 242
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 242 men's teams who finished.