The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:50 at Shenzhen 2025 put Francis Tsui 496th of 928 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:06. The race faded late: the second half went 4:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:25 faster at Shenzhen 2025 than at Hong Kong 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 5:29v median +1:32
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 5:11v median −0:13
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 5:18v median −0:37
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 5:18v median −0:32
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:19v median +0:06
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 6:58v median +1:02
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Block 07 15:59Running 7 8:13v median +2:14
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 5:23v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 913
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 913 men who finished.