The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:53 at Taipei 2025 put Edward Smith 348th of 687 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:52 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Taipei. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:48.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:56Running 1 5:49v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:41v median −0:40
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Block 03 13:38Running 3 5:03v median −0:34
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 4:47v median −0:57
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 4:51v median −1:16
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 4:52v median −0:56
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 4:50v median −1:05
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 6:33v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.