The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wai Yan Yip finished 178th of 350 women in the Open division at Seoul 2025, in 1:36:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:05. A harder second half: 6:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Seoul gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 169 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 2:03 on Beijing 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 3:56v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:22v median −0:25
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Block 03 12:48Running 3 5:40v median −0:26
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 6:01v median −0:01
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:19v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:04v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 6:30v median +0:17
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Block 08 16:26Running 8 7:01v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 340
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 340 women who finished.