The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Allen Young finished 492nd of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:53:53.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:57 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:27 better 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. That was 0:06 off the time at Las Vegas 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:03Running 1 6:52v median +1:06
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 5:47v median +0:26
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Block 03 16:17Running 3 6:03v median +0:26
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Block 04 13:19Running 4 6:20v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 6:27v median +0:20
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:15v median +0:27
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Block 07 16:13Running 7 6:42v median +0:47
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Block 08 15:34Running 8 7:53v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.