The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gordon Chan & Ahmed Gobba finished 241st of 302 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:40:00.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:39. The race faded late: the second half went 4:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei cost the whole field time: about 4:40 more than the average race this season, going by 170 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:36Running 1 7:17v median +1:13
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 6:24v median +1:03
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 6:36v median +0:58
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 6:52v median +1:10
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Block 05 13:14Running 5 7:52v median +1:57
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 6:56v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 7:12v median +1:21
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Block 08 15:32Running 8 10:33v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 301
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 301 men's teams who finished.