The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:07:55 at Taipei 2025 put Mark Chan 591st of 687 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:02. A harder second half: 8:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Taipei ran slow: the 375 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:48 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:54Running 1 6:29v median +0:43
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:31v median +0:10
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Block 03 14:01Running 3 6:12v median +0:35
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Block 04 18:23Running 4 6:56v median +1:12
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Block 05 13:18Running 5 7:27v median +1:20
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 6:38v median +0:50
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Block 07 17:33Running 7 8:20v median +2:25
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Block 08 23:38Running 8 9:41v median +2:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.