The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kenneth Wathall finished 493rd of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:32:13, faster than 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:13. The race faded late: the second half went 4:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 1:12 more than the average race this season, going by 578 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 4:25v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:55v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 5:12v median −0:20
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Block 04 13:03Running 4 5:14v median −0:23
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:16v median −0:28
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:16v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 5:11v median −0:25
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Block 08 17:55Running 8 6:03v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.