The race, in three figures
The race, in words
秉霖 蔡 finished 300th of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:35:53, faster than 56% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:40 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei cost the whole field time: about 2:48 more than the average race this season, going by 375 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:24v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 6:26v median +1:05
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 6:38v median +1:01
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 6:41v median +0:57
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:23v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 7:19v median +1:31
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 7:17v median +1:22
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 9:26v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.