The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Hong Kong 2025, Michael Best Jr. crossed the line in 1:25:30: 267th of 1,186 men, faster than 78% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:22 on the median. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 1:55 more than the average race this season, going by 649 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:17Running 1 2:53v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:10v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:33v median −0:22
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 5:18v median −0:39
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:39v median −0:35
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:35v median −0:28
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 5:07v median −0:54
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Block 08 12:10Running 8 5:14v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1073
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,073 men who finished.