The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:56 at Hong Kong 2024 put Sam Balls 234th of 1,011 men in the Open division, ahead of 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Hong Kong. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:31v median −0:28
-
Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:39v median −0:26
-
Block 03 9:38Running 3 4:42v median −0:50
-
Block 04 10:01Running 4 4:37v median −1:00
-
Block 05 9:54Running 5 4:53v median −0:51
-
Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:37v median −1:02
-
Block 07 9:15Running 7 4:29v median −1:07
-
Block 08 13:45Running 8 5:26v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 963
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 963 men who finished.