The race, in three figures
The race, in words
ETHAN CHEN finished 673rd of 687 men in the Open division at Taipei 2025, in 2:39:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:43. A harder second half: 27:57 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:10Running 1 6:58v median +1:12
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Block 02 10:50Running 2 8:55v median +3:34
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Block 03 16:59Running 3 8:58v median +3:21
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Block 04 15:38Running 4 10:00v median +4:16
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Block 05 20:15Running 5 14:06v median +7:59
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Block 06 18:21Running 6 14:16v median +8:28
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Block 07 23:56Running 7 16:26v median +10:31
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Block 08 26:48Running 8 17:10v median +9:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:24
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.