The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:15 at Taipei 2025 put Ka Wai Ng 351st of 687 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. The sled push was where this race was made, 1:10 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:23 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 10:07Running 1 5:30v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:17v median −0:04
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:51v median +0:14
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:31v median +0:47
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Block 05 13:49Running 5 8:01v median +1:54
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:19v median +0:31
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 6:19v median +0:24
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 8:47v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
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.