The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Lai & William Chung finished 182nd of 245 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Taipei 2026, in 1:36:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:23 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:39Running 1 6:50v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:51v median +0:32
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:09v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:54v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:38v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:21v median +0:38
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 6:16v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:11Running 8 7:19v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.