The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Taipei 2025, Scottie Lai & Thomas Tsai crossed the line in 1:16:31: 71st of 302 men's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 5:22. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:33 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei ran slow: the 170 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:40 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:28v median −1:36
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 4:09v median −1:12
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 4:13v median −1:25
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Block 04 7:36Running 4 4:17v median −1:25
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 4:36v median −1:19
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:33v median −1:17
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:33v median −1:18
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:25v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 301
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 301 men's teams who finished.