The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Lam finished 439th of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:48:11.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:33 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 8:21 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 10:27Running 1 5:41v median −0:05
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Block 02 10:35Running 2 5:48v median +0:27
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Block 03 15:57Running 3 5:59v median +0:22
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Block 04 14:46Running 4 6:47v median +1:03
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 6:22v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 5:40v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 5:51v median −0:04
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 7:36v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
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.