The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tak Fai Chan took 2nd of 23 in the 50–54 age group at Taipei 2025, in 1:22:49.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:54 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:33 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Taipei ran slow: the 375 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:48 slower here than at their other races. An improvement of 8:25 on Hong Kong 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 4:56v median −0:50
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 4:26v median −0:55
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 4:36v median −1:01
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 4:39v median −1:05
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:45v median −1:22
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 4:38v median −1:10
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 4:49v median −1:06
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 5:41v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 678
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 678 men who finished.