The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julian Zimmer & Chris Ong finished 272nd of 544 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:23:05, faster than 50% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 2:34 more than the average race this season, going by 320 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:55v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 5:11v median −0:18
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 5:41v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 6:13v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 6:15v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:09v median +0:12
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 5:44v median −0:11
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 5:56v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 531
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 531 men's teams who finished.