The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Celso Jr Francisco finished 501st of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 1:54:51.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. 1:28 faster than at Singapore 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 5:21v median −0:25
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Block 02 10:47Running 2 5:07v median −0:14
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Block 03 14:38Running 3 5:37v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 5:24v median −0:20
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:08v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:40v median −0:08
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:38v median −0:17
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Block 08 26:34Running 8 10:22v median +2:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.