The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:58 at Taipei 2025 put Watson Chao & Marc Allante 276th of 302 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 6% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:38. A harder second half: 1:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Taipei ran slow: the 170 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:40 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:37Running 1 11:25v median +5:21
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Block 02 11:48Running 2 10:12v median +4:51
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 9:10v median +3:32
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 8:50v median +3:08
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Block 05 14:32Running 5 9:37v median +3:42
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Block 06 11:34Running 6 9:28v median +3:38
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Block 07 14:31Running 7 10:10v median +4:19
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 12:05v median +5:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.