The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Koh finished 654th of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 2:29:53.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:12. The race faded late: the second half went 23:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:29 faster at Taipei 2025 than at Singapore National Stadium 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:18Running 1 8:19v median +2:33
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 7:28v median +2:07
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 8:09v median +2:32
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Block 04 17:17Running 4 9:38v median +3:54
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Block 05 16:08Running 5 10:25v median +4:18
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Block 06 13:50Running 6 11:27v median +5:39
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Block 07 21:10Running 7 11:24v median +5:29
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Block 08 29:57Running 8 23:14v median +15:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:18
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.