The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:24 at Taipei 2025 put Mike Chua & Paula Katherina Rongavilla 186th of 282 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Taipei cost the whole field time: about 1:55 more than the average race this season, going by 133 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:29Running 1 7:47v median +1:09
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 6:20v median +0:36
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 6:33v median +0:33
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 6:46v median +0:44
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Block 05 13:05Running 5 7:38v median +1:27
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 7:12v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 6:54v median +0:38
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 10:14v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 279
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 279 mixed teams who finished.