The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Pilarca finished 369th of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:41:40.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 2:09 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei ran slow: the 375 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:48 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:57Running 1 6:58v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 6:06v median +0:45
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:24v median +0:47
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 6:29v median +0:45
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:51v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:56v median +1:08
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 6:55v median +1:00
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 9:26v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.