The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:13:40 at Shanghai 2025 put 闳 方 878th of 914 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 17:24, behind 94% of the field.
Shanghai gave the field time back: about 2:15 faster than the average race this season, by 468 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 6:05v median +0:47
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Block 02 10:31Running 2 6:07v median +1:28
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Block 03 16:05Running 3 6:05v median +1:05
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Block 04 15:41Running 4 6:16v median +1:19
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Block 05 13:33Running 5 7:36v median +2:20
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:23v median +1:24
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Block 07 17:31Running 7 6:58v median +1:59
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Block 08 22:52Running 8 12:45v median +6:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 901
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 901 men who finished.