The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:59:30 at Taipei 2025 put Chen-Wei Wu 537th of 687 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:12. Stronger after halfway: 4:20 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 13:37Running 1 8:20v median +2:34
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Block 02 10:11Running 2 6:45v median +1:24
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Block 03 14:12Running 3 7:27v median +1:50
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Block 04 16:06Running 4 7:00v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:06v median +0:59
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 7:29v median +1:41
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 7:18v median +1:23
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Block 08 17:45Running 8 12:04v median +4:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:14
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.