The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, Matthew Quaife crossed the line in 1:26:33: 360th of 1,011 men, faster than 64% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 51% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:38. The race faded late: the second half went 3:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong ran slow: the 578 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:36v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 4:22v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:14Running 3 4:58v median −0:34
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Block 04 12:02Running 4 4:57v median −0:40
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:33v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:08v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 5:05v median −0:31
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Block 08 16:00Running 8 5:43v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.