The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:52 at Toronto 2025 put Mark Liao 411th of 507 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. A harder second half: 22:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:01 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:37 more than the average race this season, going by 933 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:14v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 5:01v median −0:21
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:38v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:44v median −0:06
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Block 05 16:55Running 5 10:24v median +4:15
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Block 06 12:23Running 6 9:58v median +4:04
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 6:26v median +0:29
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Block 08 23:31Running 8 16:05v median +10:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 481
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 481 men who finished.